Lewis v. Phillips

On March 30, 1932, A. W. Phillips filed suit in the district court of Rusk county against appellant and others to cancel a pretended lien attempted to be fixed on a five-acre leasehold owned by him, situated in Rusk county, and to remove cloud from title cast thereby. Appellants answered by general denial and cross-action in which they sought foreclosure of their materialman's and mechanic's liens on the leasehold estate of Phillips. The Trico Oil Company, one of the appellees herein, intervened in said cause and alleged that it was the owner of the said leasehold estate by virtue of a sale…