West v. Thomas

BELL, Chief Justice.

Appellants sued appellees in trespass to try title to recover 16 acres of land in Grimes County which had been conveyed to appellants by Mollie Jenkins Jesse by deed dated August 10, 1964. The deed was properly filed for record the same day. On August 30, 1966, Mollie Jenkins Jesse conveyed the same land to appellees. To appellants’ petition appellees filed a general denial and a plea of not guilty. In a trial to the court without a jury the court decreed that appellants take nothing on the theory that the deed to appellants was based on a condition-precedent that had not…