J. M. West Lumber Co. v. Lyon
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Harris County. Tried below before Hon. Norman G. Kittrell.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.
This is an action of trespass to try title brought by appellees, Cecil A. Lyon and J. S. Pice, receivers for the Kirby Lumber Company, against appellants, J. M. West Lumber Company and South Texas National Bank, to recover the Daniel Turney 640-acre survey of land in Polk County. The appellant South Texas National Bank answered by general denial and plea of not guilty, and pleaded that it was an innocent purchaser, for valuable consideration, without notice of the title claimed by appellees and their grantors; and further, that the appellees’ grantor, the Grand Lodge…
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