Alford v. Cole

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Appellee, A. F. Cole, as plaintiff, sued appellant W. 0. Alford, as defendant, in the district court of Smith county, in trespass to try title, to recover a described tract of land located in Smith county; and to have a certain instrument declared a mortgage which was in form a deed, executed by appellee to the law firm of Bulloch, Ramey & Storey, and to have the alleged mortgage credited with the value of certain timber, gravel, and rents converted off the premises by appellant, Alford. Appellee further alleged, in effect, that appellant had at his request become the…