Wallace v. Pruitt

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

Appellants sued appellees in the District Court of Leon County in trespass to try title, to recover 720 acres of land, a part of the M. Skinner league. Appellees pleaded not guilty and the statute of limitations. At the trial appellants showed that they were the heirs of B. R. Wallace, and proved a regular chain of title from the State to R. J. Towns. They then offered in evidence the following document, which had been duly recorded in Leon County:

'"■The State of Texas, County of Travis. — Whereas, Benjamin R. Wallace and myself are the joint and equal owners of…