Lorino v. Crawford Packing Co.

CODY, Justice.

Plaintiff below brought this action in trespass to try title to a parcel of land in Matagorda County, April 17, 1940. To the formal allegations of his petition plaintiff added the allegations necessary to be proved in order to establish a ten years’ limitation title. Defendants below answered separately, pleading not guilty. The case was tried without a jury, and when plaintiff rested-, defendants moved for a verdict upon plaintiff’s evidence. The Court thereupon rendered judgment for defendants upon the finding incorporated in the judgment, in haec verba: “* * * that the land…