Shelton v. Ector

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Theodore Ector, and wife Doris Ector, brought this action in the nature of a trespass to try title suit against George L. Shelton, Jr., and Brady J. Jones. Plaintiffs asserted that they were the owners in fee simple of a lot located in Dallas, Texas, and that, on January 11, 1957, they had executed and delivered a warranty deed to defendants conveying all of their title and interest in said land in controversy, subject to a lien to secure the payment of a debt in the principal sum of $2,750.00, which sum defendants had advanced and paid, and also the assumption of the unpaid…