San Lorenzo Title & Improvement Co. v. City Mortgage Co.

This suit was brought by appellant, San Lorenzo Title Improvement Company, a common-law trust, against appellee, City Mortgage Company, a corporation, in the district court of El Paso county, Tex. Allegations in appellant's petition in such court were laid, first, in the usual form of trespass to try title, and then appellant specially pleaded its title.

The principal allegations of appellant's petition are as follows: After first setting out the usual allegations in trespass to try title, appellant pleaded the source of its title, alleging that the property claimed is a part of what is…