P. J. Willis & Bro. v. Sommerville

TARLTON, Chief Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title,, brought in the District Court of Archer County by the appellants, P. J. Willis & Bro., a private corporation, as plaintiff, to recover two tracts of land from the appellees, W. F. Sommerville, G. P. Meade, and J. Grant. Jones, as defendants. A nonsuit having been taken as to W. F. Sommerville, a trial by the court without a jury resulted in a judgment for the' remaining defendants, from which the plaintiff appeals.

Dennis Corwin, who acquired the lands involved in this suit prior to the year 1882, is the common source of…