Parr v. Duval County

LONG, Justice.

This is a suit by Duval County against George B. Parr and Thelma D. Parr to recover title and possession of 55,711 acres of land situated in La Salle and Webb Counties, Texas, known as the Dobie Ranch. The county alleged that in the spring of 1945 George Parr obtained $500,-000 from the County Road and Bridge Fund without its consent and he used $422,832.50 of said money to purchase the Dobie Ranch and that he converted the remainder to his own use. The county sought recovery of title and possession on the theory that Parr was holding it in trust for the county. It also claimed…