Humphreys v. Green

This suit was instituted by William Green, the son of B. M. Green-, in trespass to try title against these appellants. Pending the suit William Green died, and his son, D. D. Green, to whom he devised the land in controversy, was substituted as plaintiff. B. M. Green was the common source. Appellee contended in the trial of this case that his grandfather, the common source, conveyed the land to William Green, the original plaintiff, in 1861. Appellants contended that the common source conveyed the land to one Simpson in 1875, and that they held under the Simpson deed. On special issues the…