Webb v. National Standard Fire Ins. Co.

STOKES, Justice.

On September 23, 1934, appellant, J. M. Webb, filed suit in the District Court of Jefferson County against appellee, National Standard Fire Insurance Company, a corporation, in trespass to try title to one thousand acres of land located in Jefferson County. On February 27, 1935, appellee filed its answer and cross-action in which it pleaded not guilty of the alleged trespass and pleaded specially that it had acquired the title through foreclosure of a deed of trust lien on the land under the power of sale in the deed of trust and a trustee’s deed conveying the land to it…