Delley v. Unknown Stockholders of Brotherly & Sisterly Club of Christ, Inc.

MOORE, Justice.

This is an action in trespass to try title. The suit was originally instituted by Ruby Watley Brown, plaintiff, as sole heir of her father and mother, W. W. Watley and Minnie Elizabeth Watley, both deceased. Plaintiff sought a recovery of title and possession of the remaining portion of a two-acre tract of land after a part thereof had been condemned by the State of Texas for highway purposes, and to recover the sum of $13,761.60 paid into the registry of the County Court as damages for the land taken and the destruction of a nursing home situated thereon. Plaintiff instituted…