JOHNSON v. TURK

No. 8455.

605 S.W.2d 384 (1980)

Ethel S. JOHNSON et al., Appellants, v. Pearl T. TURK et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

August 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. W. Plummer, Houston, for appellants.

Russell C. Ducoff, Marvin Tuck, Houston, for appellees.


KEITH, Justice:

Plaintiffs below appeal from an adverse judgment entered in a bench trial of a trespass to try title case involving title to 4.345 acres of land. The judgment was based upon a recitation therein "that the Plaintiff[s] [have] failed to prove a common source of title as well as failing to prove a record title back to the State...." We disagree with the finding and reverse for the reasons now to be stated.

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