Crowder v. Union Nat. Bank of Houston

This is a suit in trespass to try title, brought by the Union National Bank of Houston against appellant H. B. Crowder, Sr., and his wife, Edna Crowder. The petition of the plaintiff is in the usual form of petitions in simple trespass to try title suits. The suit is to recover title to 80 acres of land, the east half of 160 acres described in the petition. The defendant H. B. Crowder, Sr., and wife pleaded a general demurrer and the statutory plea of not guilty.

The title asserted by the plaintiff to the 80 acres of land sued for is as follows: The 160 acres, of which said 80 acres is a part,…