Watley v. Shoults

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Appellant, W. W. Watley, administrator of the Estate of Ida Solomon, deceased, sued in regular statutory trespass to try action to recover of appellees, E. C. Shoults and G. W. Huffman, defendants below, title to ½ interest in a 100-acre tract of land out of the McCown and Casey H. R. Surveys in Harrison County. Defendants’ answer contained a plea of not guilty, and other defenses not necessary to detail. Plaintiff sought recovery on the theory that the tract was acquired with community funds of Gordon Solomon and Ida, his third wife. A deed dated in 1933, reciting a cash…