Watts v. McCloud
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Garza County;1 W. R. Spencer, Judge. Trespass to try title by James M. McCloud and others against Mary Parkes Watts and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyce, J.
This suit in trespass to try title was brought by appellees James McCloud and others, heirs of James W. McCloud and his wife, deceased, against appellants, Mary Parkes Watts and Emma Parkes Watts, surviving wife and daughter, respectively, of W. W. Watts, to recover a section of land in Garza county. Defendants, in addition to a plea of not guilty, pleaded the 5 and 10 years statute of limitations. The plaintiffs, in reply to the plea of limitations, alleged that W. W. Watts, the husband and father of appellants, and under the deed to whom they claim, was at the time of the accrual of…
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