Devereaux v. Daube

BROWN, Justice.

The briefs and the record before us disclose that this is a peculiar case in several respects.

We gather from the briefs and record that appellee, Sam Daube, became the purchaser of the lands in controversy in the year 1936 through a court sale made under judgment and order of the District Court of- Montague County in a suit brought by the State of Texas to recover judgment for delinquent taxes on the lands and a foreclosure of the tax lien. In the summer of 1940, Sam Daube brought suit in the said District Court complaining of A. Devereaux and wife, and each and all of their…