Conn v. Houston Oil Co. of Texas

This is an action in trespass to try title brought by the appellant, as sole devisee and independent executrix of the estate of R. C. Conn, deceased, in the district court of Newton county, Tex., on April 17, 1918, against the appellee, wherein appellant sought to recover 160 acres of land, a part of the Thomas S. McFarland survey, abstract No. 648, in Newtoif county, Tex. Appellant pleaded that she and those under whom she held and claimed had acquired the title to the land by the statutes of limitation of five and ten years. Appellee answered on July 28, 1918, by plea of not guilty and…