Mortgage Land & Inv. Co. v. Spears

NORVELL, Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title originally brought by Rincon Investment Company against Emma Spears and others. After the filing of the suit, appellant, Mortgage Land and Investment Company, was substituted as plaintiff by the filing of an amended petition. This pleading was in statutory form and sought the recovery of title and possession of approximately 336.39 acres of land, being all of Section 79 of the Welhausen and Driscoll Sixth Subdivision of the Taft Ranch, .San Patricio County, Texas, save and except 76.67 acres out of the northwestern part of the…