Drake v. Davidson & Bailey

GILL, Associate Justice.

This is an action of trespass „o try title brought by the appellant, Sam J. Drake, against the appellees, Davidson & Bailey, to recover of them certain lots of land in the city of Cuero, Texas. A trial before the court without a jury resulted in a judgment for the appellees, from which this appeal is prosecuted. The following facts appear practically without dispute:

The A. B. Frank Company, of San Antonio, held a judgment against B. C. Patterson, of Cnero, De Witt County, and had same abstracted and recorded in said county in 1896. At that time Patterson was an…