Texas Creosoting Co. v. Hartburg Lumber Co.

This action was brought by the appellee, the Hartburg Lumber Company, against appellants, the Texas Creosoting Company, O. D. Butler, C. A. Dyer, Sr., and C. A. Dyer, Jr., for the recovery of the title and possession of several tracts of land in Newton county, fully described in ap-pellee’s petition; the action being in form one of trespass to try title. .There were other defendants than appellants, but they were dismissed from the suit. Appellants, as defendants below, filed separate answers. Appellant Butler first disclaimed as to all the land sued for, with the exception of all the timber…