Lyday v. Federal Land Bank of Houston

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title filed by appellee bank against appellant Lyday. The cause proceeded to trial before the court on the one issue joined by appellants’ *442plea of not guilty. Title and possession of the lands involved were decreed into ap-pellee bank.

It was agreed that E. F. Lyday, father of appellant, was common source of title, and that E. F. Lyday owned this land in 1923. In October, 1926, E. F. Lyday executed a deed of trust to appellee bank on the land involved to secure payment of a loan of $2,000 then obtained from the bank by E. F. Lyday. A…