Vaughan v. West

HALL, Chief Justice.

The appellee, West, sued appellant in trespass to try title to recover lot 14, in block 23, of the Summit place addition to the city of Houston, situated on the south side of Buffalo bayou. The prayer is for writ of possession and the recovery of rents at the rate of $40 per month from December 1, 1934.

The appellant answered by general demurrer, general denial, plea of not guilty, and specially answered alleging that plaintiff, West, does not exist, or, if he does exist, in the alternative, that he is a “straw man,” used in name only by the Mortgage Bond Company of New…