Morris v. Wells

TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.

Wash Morris owned a lot in. Honey Grove, on which he resided with his family. His son, Nevison Morris, married in 1890, and he made a paroi gift to his said son of an. unimproved portion of the lot. Nevison Morris at once improved the property and went into possession. In 1896 he sold the same by warranty deed to Wells, and in 1898 surrendered possession to Wells. The evidence is sufficient to justify the conclusion that Nevison Morris claimed and treated the property as his own, and that Wash Morris knew that fact and assented thereto. Wells paid a valuable…