Wootters v. Hall

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by J. C. Wootters against W. T. Hall and S. C. Arledge, to recover a labor of land originally granted to William Sherman. W. T. Hall claims one hundred and thirty-seven acres of the land through a verbal gift from his father, Robert Hall, claimed to have been made1 in 1867, since which he has made valuable improvements on the land. He also claims title through an adverse possession for ten years.

The defendant Arledge claims forty acres of the land through a conveyance from Robert Hall, made January 23, 1882, which…