DITMORE LAND & CATTLE COMPANY v. HICKS

No. A-5549.

290 S.W.2d 499 (1956)

DITMORE LAND & CATTLE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. H. R. HICKS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conner & Conner, Eastland, for petitioner.

Paul A. Speer, Amarillo, W. D. R. Owen, Eastland, for respondents.


CULVER, Justice.

A tax suit was filed in 1949 against H. R. Hicks, Marie Cox, Walter Waldie, Jr. and Ott Miller as owners of a 160-acre tract in Eastland County. Judgment was rendered for taxes and for foreclosure of lien and on May 6, 1949, the sheriff sold the land to Ditmore Land & Cattle Company for the sum of $625.

Four years later, lacking two or three days, bill of review was brought by H. R. Hicks, Marie...

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