Whitaker v. First Nat. Bank in Houston

CODY, Justice.

One H. T. Wick and F. N. Pattee, having conceived the idea of forging a title to a 28-acre tract of land in Wharton County which belonged to a gentleman by the name of Coffey, in the latter part of May, 1936, appeared before a Notary Public of Bexar County, and Pattee forged Mr. Coffey’s name to a deed which purported to convey such tract to Marvin G. Ellis. Pat-tee on that occasion represented himself to be Mr. Coffey, and acknowledged the deed in the name of W. E. Coffey. On the same day, Wick and Pattee appeared before another Notary Public, and Pattee then represented…