SMITH v. SMITH

No. 5210.

305 S.W.2d 198 (1957)

Emmett C. SMITH, Appellant, v. C. M. SMITH, Individually, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. O. Metcalfe, William H. Earney, Marfa, for appellant.

Raymond Stoker, Odessa, Burford, Ryburn, Hincks & Ford, Dallas, for appellees.


HAMILTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the District Court of the Eighty-third Judicial District, sitting at Alpine, Texas. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and resulted in the court's decision that the deed involved conveyed a life estate to R. W. Smith, with remainder to the Baptist State Executive Committee. The appellant, Emmett C. Smith, brought the suit in the nature of a trespass to try title, based on a deed from Leslie B. Guthrie and...

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