Wilson v. Wilson

HARVEY, Justice.

Mrs. Herman Wilson, joined pro forma by her husband, sued Elmer Wilson and others in the District Court of Cass County, Texas, in trespass to try title to a house and lot, a part of the William Burris Head-right Survey, in the town of Hughes Springs. Upon the trial of the case, it developed that plaintiffs’ cause of action was based upon an alleged parol gift of the premises in question. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs upon a jury verdict, and defendants have perfected an appeal therefrom to this court.

The facts in this case disclose that J. C. T. Wilson owned…