Clopper v. Sage

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This was an action of trespass to try title by plaintiffs in error to recover of the defendants in error the north half of the Fabricius Reynolds twelve labors of land situated in Harris County.

Fabricius Reynolds, the original grantee, conveyed the land in controversy to Catherine Rourke by a deed dated June 13, 1839, properly recorded in the record of deeds for Harris County, June 14, 1839. This deed recited the execution of a bond for title, dated February 22, 1838, for the conveyance of the land by Reynolds to James Rourke, and that it was executed in satisfaction…