Talley v. Howsley

SLATTON, Commissioner.

This is a suit in trespass to try title to recover certain minerals under a 160-acre tract of land situated in Throckmorton County. The trial court rendered judgment that plaintiffs take nothing, which judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals at Eastland. 170 S.W.2d 240.

The land involved, together with other lands, was conveyed to Robert McKeichen by partition deed. Robert McKeichen assumed the payment of the vendor’s lien note. The note was renewed and secured by a deed of trust on September 15, 1924. N. L. B. Davis was the holder of the mortgage…