Wells v. Laird

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Viola Wells and husband, Sidney Wells, and A. M. (Maceo) Johns sued B. F. Laird, J. M. Crim, and Shell Petroleum Corporation, in an action of trespass to try title, for five tracts of land situated in Gregg county, Tex., and for $1,000,000 damages. The five tracts of land consisted of 22½, 27, 103, 27, and 103 acres, respectively, out of the John Wilkerson and L. B. Outlaw surveys. Plaintiffs filed a trial amendment in which they, in substance, alleged that on or about November 3, 1920, Maceo Johns procured her (Viola’s) signature to an instrument of record in Book 42,…