Temple Eastex Inc. v. Busby

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a Trespass to Try Title case. Temple-Eastex, as record owner, brought suit against C.S. Busby and wife Alice Ma-rie Busby and H.A. Davison for title and possession of an approximate 33.7 acre tract of land in Newton County, Texas. Mr. Davison executed a disclaimer, the actions were severed and a judgment entered against him. A jury trial proceeded against the Busbys. Mr. and Mrs. Busby pleaded and proved, to the jury’s satisfaction, their claim of adverse possession under TEX.REV. CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 5510 (Vernon 1958), more commonly referred to as the ten-year…