Maes v. Thomas

[1] Appellees instituted an action of trespass to try title to lots 11 and 12, in the Brooke Smith addition to the city of Houston, against appellant, and on a trial before the court, without a jury, recovered the land. The parties claimed the land from John F. Crawford as a common source; appellant claiming the title through deeds made by Crawford and his vendees, and ap-pellees through a sheriff’s sale of the land under a judgment against Thomas Milner, Jr., obtained by George W. Crawford, the administrator of the estate'of John F. Crawford, deceased. It is admitted that, if the judgment…