Johns v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of unlawfully pulling down a fence, the property of Sallie Cole, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $10.

It appears that more than twenty years ago Judia Ann Johns went in possession of some twenty acres of land in Kaufman County, residing on ten acres thereof. That during her lifetime a dispute arose between her and appellant, and he was allowed to go in possession of five acres of the land. That subsequent thereto, in about 1907, appellant brought suit for five more acres, he claiming title to ten acres of the land. After the suit was brought by…