McLemore v. Bickerstaff
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Franklin County; H. F. O’Neal, Judge. Trespass to try title by J. T. MeLemore against Savannah Bickerstaff and others. There was a judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
This suit was instituted in the form of an action of trespass to try title by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, to recover a tract of land situated in Franklin county. J. B. Bickerstaff is the common source of title, and the defendants in error are his children and only heirs. The plaintiff in error deraigns title through a deed from Bickerstaff to D. F. MeLemore executed on January 29, 1889, and a conveyance from D. F. MeLemore to himself executed in 1896. Among other defenses interposed by the defendants in error was a plea of limitation, based upon 10 years’ adverse…
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