Thomason v. Reed

Mrs. Edna Thomason, joined by her husband, Y. L. Thomason, sued M. H. Reed to recover title and possession of certain vendor’s lien notes alleged to belong to Mrs. Thomason, and also to cancel a certain note executed by Y. L. Thomason to the defendant. According to allegations in plaintiff’s petition, Howard Maud procured what is termed an oil lease on 15,000 acres of land belonging to Travis county and known as county school land; the lease being procured from the commissioners’ court of Travis county. The defendant Reed purchased the lease from Maud and divided up the land in several…