Parrish v. Jackson

Willie, Chief Justice.

John H. Jackson brought this action of trespass to try title to recover of Mike' Parrish and J. J. Parrish three and two-thirds acres of land, part of the Milton Sweeney survey in Polk county. Defendants pleaded not guilty, *615and suggested improvements in good faith. Plaintiff recovered the land sued for, and Mike Parrish alone appealed.

Two points only are insisted on in this court. One is that the appellant having purchased and improved the land claimed by him in good faith, believing that he was gétting the paramount title, was entitled to a judgment for the value of his…