Bruce J. Caldwell, Jr. v. Charles W. Gerum, Acting in His Capacity as Independent of the Estate of John Wohman, and Highway 59, L.L.C

NUMBER 13-01-345-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI B EDINBURG

BRUCE J. CALDWELL Appellant,

v.

JOHN J. WOHMAN, INDIVIDUALLY,

AND AS TRUSTEE AND HIGHWAY 59, L.L.C Appellee.

On appeal from the 359th District Court

of Montgomery County, Texas.

O P I N I O N

Before Justices Dorsey,Yañez and Wittig[1]

Opinion by Justice Wittig

The appeal arises out of a real estate venture that went bad. Appellant, Bruce J. Caldwell, Jr., together with appellee, John J. Wohman, and another man bought an acreage tract on U.S. Highway 59 in Montgomery County in 1971. The tract was lost in a tax sale…