W. H. Bell sued George Cowden and his children, hereinafter called Cowdens, in trespass to try title and obtained a summary judgment for title to a 1/12 mineral interest in lands. The legal question presented is whether Bell, the grantee under a deed from Cowden, is estopped from claiming under the deed because of his subsequent oral agreement not to record the deed and to treat the deed as inoperative. The...
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