Johnson v. Miller

Mr. Judge Brewster,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

Petitioner, Mrs. Winnie Johnson, filed an action in trespass to try title to recover from respondents, Mary Johnson Miller and husband, Guy D. Miller, .85 acres of land, more or less, on Green’s Bayou in Harris County, Texas. However, she dismissed her suit when the Millers, in their answer, filed a cross action against her to remove cloud from Mrs. Miller’s title to the land as against Mrs. Johnson. So the issues are made by that cross action and Mrs. Johnson’s answer thereto.

The Millers alleged that on May…