Collins v. McCarty

Willie, Chief Justice.

This cause is submitted upon an agreed case. It is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellant, Mrs. Collins, against several defendants, to recover two-thirds of one thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land, originally granted to Wiley V. Collins, as assignee of Stephen Wingate. The pleas relied on by the defendants were the statutes of limitations of three and five years. Judgment upon these pleas was rendered in favor of all the defendants but one, and from that judgment the plaintiff appeals. The agreed case admits that the successful defendants…