White v. Daniel

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit to recover title to 100 acres of land in Liberty County. Trial was by jury which failed to reach a verdict. The trial court discharged the jury and granted plaintiff’s motion for instructed verdict.

Price Daniel, the plaintiff, claimed record title to the property. Plaintiff acquired title to the north 40 acres by deed dated April 15, 1935, and acquired title to the south 60 acres by deed dated May 15, 1935. From 1901 until 1935 record title to these two tracts had not been vested in the same person. Defendants, the heirs and legatees of…