Womack v. Stegner

HAMILTON, Chief Justice.

This was a suit in trespass to try title, filed by appellant D. R. Womack against the appellee, Harold Stegner, involving an undivided interest in the minerals in a tract of land in Reeves County. The case came on for trial before a jury. At the close of plaintiff’s case the appellee moved for an instructed verdict, which motion was sustained by the court, resulting in a “take nothing” judgment against appellant.

The plaintiff claimed title to the premises involved in a deed executed and delivered to him by his brother, W. B. Womack, dated and acknowledged on December…