Griggs v. Montgomery

This was a trespass to try title suit by appellees against appellant, involving 96 acres of the David Ridgeway survey, abstract No. 656, in Nevston county, Texas. In addition to pleading in trespass to try title, appellees specially pleaded that appellant was claiming the land under a sheriff’s deed executed by J. R. Harrell, sheriff-of Newton county, Texas, on the 15th day of Nwember, 1916, under authority of order of sale issued out of cause No. 339 on the docket of the district court of Newton county, styled “State of Texas v. Unknown Owners,” wherein judgment was in favor of the plaintiff…