Hovel v. Kaufman

This suit, in the form of an action in trespass to try title, was brought by appellant, Mary Louise Hovel, widow of J. C. Hovel, deceased, to recover of L. Kaufman and another, appellees herein, the title and possession of certain real property situated in the city of San Antonio. The Hovels purchased the property from Julia Swart, shown to have been the common source of the title of all the parties. Subsequently the title to the property got in litigation, involving vendor’s, mechanic’s, and tax liens, as well as other claims, and resulting in the entry of a final judgment in the Forty-Fifth…