Sutton v. Shanley

LESTER, Chief Justice.

This suit was originally brought by the Security State Bank of Pharr, Texas, as an interpleader against Laura S. Shanley, her husband, J. F. Shanley, and L. M. Sutton as defendants. The court dismissed the interpleader suit but this was reversed by the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals at San Antonio, Texas, 182 S.W.2d 136. Sutton then amended his pleadings and E. V. Springer intervened, and they as plaintiffs sought to recover the title to the land involved by reason of an alleged contract of sale made by the Shan-leys to Springer, or, in the alternative, plaintiffs alleged…