Jones v. Clark

Appellant filed statutory pleadings in an action of trespass to try title against Frank E. Clark, C. E. Craig, C. E. Redlund, and the First State Bank of Lyford, to recover 200 acres of land in Willacy county. After setting up the action of trespass to try title appellant alleged that on November 1, 1925, he had entered into a contract of purchase of the land with Frank E. Clark, the consideration being $9,000, of which $3,000 was to be paid in cash and the assumption by appellant of $6,000 due the' Royal Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa, for which a lien was held on the land; that…