Surghenor v. Ayers
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Liberty County; L. B. Hightower, Judge. Trespass to try title by John W. Sur-ghenor and others against T. P. Ayers and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
This is an action of trespass to try’ title instituted by John W. Surghenor and others, on January 1, 1903, against T. P. Ayers and others, for the recovery of two certain tracts of land in Liberty county, Tex., described in the petition as a tract of 640 acres out of leagues 6 and 9, and 345 acres out of league 9, all in the Jose Dolores Martinez 11-league grant.
The defendants pleaded general demurrer and general denial, and the statutes of limitation of three, five, and ten years, in bar of the action. Defendants J. S. and Z. S. Johnson also, by cross-action, set up that they were the…
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