Lopez v. Garcia

FLY, C..J.

This is an action of trespass to try title, instituted by appellee, which resolved itself into a contest as to a boundary line between two grants. There was a prayer, not only for tie land described, but also for $1,000 rents due on the land. The court instructed the jury, “Gentlemen of the jury, you are instructed to find for the plaintiff under the facts of this case,’’ and the verdict was, “We, the jury in the above styled and numbered cause, under instruction from the court, find for the plaintiff.” The court rendered judgment for the land, and for the sum of $355.08 “as his…