Humphrey v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being assessed at seven years in the penitentiary.

The facts are voluminous, but.it is deemed unnecessary to make an extended statement of the evidence. It is disclosed by the testimony that deceased, Lewis Finley, lived near to and south of appellant on an adjoining tract of land. Appellant owned a tract of land which he' used as his home. Some years before this trouble the father of the deceased, and during Ms life time, purchased from Major Wathan of Dallas a tract of land adjoining the home of appellant.…