Yoast v. Yoast

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit and action for judicial partition. Lovell Yoast and his wife, Martha, sued his mother, Clara Yoast, brother and sister-in-law, Ernest and Betty Jo Yoast, claiming title to a portion of a 442.94-acre tract of land located in Bastrop County. Plaintiffs Lovell and Martha Yoast claimed title to 102.45 acres of the tract under three separate gift deeds plus an additional 160 acres by adverse possession. The mother, son and daughter-in-law answered by a claim of not guilty and by way of general denial.

Trial was to the court which ruled in…