Bains v. Parker

This suit was instituted by Guy E. Bains against William D. Parker to enjoin the defendant from obstructing or closing a road across defendant’s land. A judgment for the defendant in the trial court was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 177 S. W. (2d) 1007.

Prior to January 8, 1932, the petitioner, Bains, was in possession of two contiguous tracts of land, one of 300 acres in Fort Bend County and one of 400 acres in Waller County, claiming to own a' life estate therein with the remainder in his two daughters. On that date Bains and his two daughters, joined by their husbands, conveyed…