Shipley v. Pershing

Appellant brought this suit in the district court of Ector county against R. S. Pershing and others not necessary to mention, in trespass to try title to recover a section of land in Crane county. At the time the suit was brought, the latter county was unorganized and attached for judicial purposes to Ector county. Upon trial without a jury, judgment was rendered for the defendants.

It was agreed E. R. Richardson was the common source of title. The plaintiff’s chain of title is as follows :

General warranty deed from E. R. Richardson to R. S. Pershing, dated April 28,' 1914, recorded May 11,…