Warren v. Houston Oil Co.

This is a suit in trespass to try title to 218 acres of land; a part of the Richard Sims league in Newton county, Tex., brought by John B. Warren against Houston Oil Company and others. At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial court instructed a verdict against the plaintiff as to all of the defendants except Mrs. Nellie B. League, against whom he instructed a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $220 on the issue of war*342ranty of title; the plaintiff claiming under a warranty deed from the deceased husband of Mrs. Nellie B. League. The plaintiff appealed, and the Court of Civil Appeals…