Grayson v. Lofland

Plaintiff Grayson sued the heirs of Thomas M. Jack for the title to the southwest one-fourth of outlot No. 63, in Galveston, and to remove cloud upon plaintiff's title. The petition alleges that Thomas M. Jack owned the property on to wit, January 1, 1896 (changed to 1869 or 1870 by the supplemental petition), sold it to plaintiff through plaintiff's agent and attorney in fact, W.P. Ballinger, for $2000 paid to Jack, and that plaintiff has since had possession of the property, paid the taxes on it, and improved it. That the conveyance from Jack to him has been lost or destroyed, and now there…