McShan v. Pitts

CADENA, Justice.

In this trespass to try title suit plaintiff, C. Hunter, McShan, appeals from a judgment, following a nonjury trial, that he take nothing. The judgment is based on the conclusion that defendant, Anthony Pitts, held title acquired by adverse possession under our ten-year Statute of Limitations, Art. 5510, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. (1958).

The land in question is a tract of approximately .9 of an acre which abuts on the eastern edge of the right-of-way of Harper Road in Kerr County, and is bounded on the north, east, and south by land to which defendant has the record title.…