Texas & New Orleans Railway Co. v. Broom
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Sabine County. Tried below before Hon. W. B. Powell.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
This is an action of trespass' to try title to 160 acres of land, instituted by appellant. The cause was tried by jury and- resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellees.
The title to the land in- controversy was held by appellant, unless appellees showed title under the statute of ten years limitation. The evidence satisfactorily shows that appellees and those under whom they claim had peaceable and adverse possession of the land in controversy for a period of more than ten years, cultivating, using and enjoying the same, and that a title by limitations is vested in…
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