Ford v. Brown

BROWN, Associate Justice.

Certified questions froto, the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District, as follows: “Appellee W. T. Brown in an action of trespass to try title recovered of appellant Ford section 204, State school land, located under certificate to Beattie, Seale & Forwood, in Concho County, Texas.

“Appellee claimed under a rejected application to purchase, made August 23d, 1897. The original petition was filed October 25, 1898. Pending the suit appellee sold his interest in the land to John Reed, but the suit was prosecuted to judgment in the name of the…