Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Niles

This was a suit in trespass to try title, involving a league of land in Hardin county granted in 1835 to George W. Brooks as a colonist. The parties to the suit, Edith L. Niles et al., will be referred to as plaintiffs, and Houston Oil Company et al. as defendants, the relative positions they in effect occupied at the time of the trial. The trial court, upon a directed verdict, rendered judgment for defendants. This judgment was reversed, and judgment rendered for plaintiffs by the Court of Civil Appeals (191 S. W. 748).

We have reached the conclusion that the' cause should be remanded to the…