Bell v. Rains County

DAVIS, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellee, Rains County, Texas, sued defendants-appellants, Mrs. Lucy Bell and her adopted son, Jack Bell, to require them to remove any fence, gate or other obstructions from a road through land owned by Mrs. Bell and to enjoin them from interfering- with the use of the road. The case was first tried in Rains County, and failing to get a verdict there, the case was transferred to Hunt County.

Prior to the trial in Hunt County, an instrument was found in the County Judge’s desk in Emory. It reads as follows:

“The State of Texas County of Rains To the Commissioners Court,…