Preston v. Ohio Oil Co.

< FÜNDERBURK, Justice.

Mrs. Maggie Preston, and others, •brought this suit — an action of trespass to try title — against Ohio Oil Company, 'Grace Haggard Barnes, a feme sole, and G. T. Haggard, individually and as trustee and/or attorney-in-fact for Grace Haggard Barnes, to recover a 14.97 acre tract of land in Marion County.

Plaintiffs specially pleaded title by limitation under the ten and twenty-five years’ statutes. The defendants, in addition to a general exception, general denial and plea of not guilty, pleaded title by limitation under the 4, 3, 5, 10 and 25 years’ statutes. Upon a jury…