JOHNSON v. JOHNSON

No. 6779.

275 S.W.2d 146 (1955)

Allen JOHNSON et al., Appellants, v. Elijah JOHNSON et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoyet A. Armstrong, Dallas, for appellants.

Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, John W. Rutland, Jr., Dallas, J. T. Harris, Longview, W. W. Harris, Quitman, Myers & Fuller, Houston, Joe E. Estes, Dallas, Ben Goodwin, Tyler, Enoch Fletcher, Grand Saline, Jones & Jones, Mineola, Charles Allen, Marshall, for appellees.


DAVIS, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title by Allen Johnson and about 69 others against Elijah Johnson and about 105 others involving 117 acres of land, more or less, in Wood County, Texas. All parties are heirs, or assignees of the heirs, of Robert Johnson, Sr. Trial was to a jury. Judgment was for the defendants and that plaintiffs take nothing upon an instructed verdict as soon as plaintiffs rested.

Defendants' motion for instructed verdict...

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