Strain v. Walton

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

The appellee has filed no brief in this court, and we adopt the statement of the case by appellant as correct: August 23, 1893, appellee O. F. Walton, administrator of the estate of J. M. Powers, deceased, brought this suit in trespass to try title in the District Court of Kaufman County, Texas.

October 5, Í893, George Watson filed an original amended answer, claiming to be the owner and in legal possession of the land in controversy; that he had purchased the same in good faith from this appellant, Ella E. Strain, under warranty deed, had put improvements thereon, and…