Hall v. Looney

GRISSOM, Justice.

In August, 1935, Albert, Ritchie, and Vernie Hall filed this suit in trespass to try title to an undivided one half interest in a 350-acre tract of land in Bowie county, against Gus Looney, W. M. Walker, and the Federal Land Bank of Houston.

A jury was waived and the cause submitted to the court. Judgment was rendered for defendants, and plaintiffs have appealed.

The facts material to the decision are as follows:(1) Title passed out of the state of Texas by patent duly issued and eventually vested in Plandy Threadgill and wife, the common source of title herein. In February,…