Leyva v. Pacheco

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HAMILTON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit in the form of trespass to try title was brought by petitioner against respondent to recover title and possession of a four-room house and two lots on which it is located. The respondent entered pleas of not guilty and title by limitation under the three-year statute of limitations. The jury answered ten of twelve special issues favorable to the petitioner, but the trial judge granted respondent’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Judgment was entered that the title to and possession of the property be…