Cook v. Easterling

This was a suit in trespass to try title against appellants by appellees, and involved 160 acres of land on the Felder league in Hardin county, Tex. Appellants answered claiming the land under the ten-year statute of limitation. On conclusion of the evidence, a peremptory instruction in favor of appellees was given to the jury. It was admitted that appellees owned the record titl$ to 2,578 acres of this league, which they held under the Houston Oil Company of Texas, and that they' “deraigned their record title to the land” under the Houston Oil Company. The 160 acres in controversy was a part…