Petty v. Griffin

This is a suit of trespass to try title brought by appellees against appellants to recover title to 160 acres of land, the southwest one-fourth of the Elisha W. Wallis 640-acre survey in Hardin county, Tex. The case was tried before a jury, and judgment for appellees was rendered upon the answers of the jury to such issues; the said issues and answers thereto so far as are necessary to a disposition of the case, being as follows:(1) “Did Ivy Griffin have peaceable and adverse possession of any portion of the southwest quarter of said Elisha Wallis survey of 640 acres, cultivating, using, or…