City of Lubbock v. Merrill Roberds

MARTIN, Justice.

Appellees, the surviving heirs at law of M. E. Merrill and wife, Amorett Merrill, deceased and J. C. Roberds and wife, Pearle Roberds, deceased, instituted this suit in the usual form of trespass to try title against appellant, City of Lubbock, alleging that they were the owners of a tract of land approximately 82.25 feet wide fronting on Avenue H and extending east about 175 feet in the form of a small triangle adjoining the west line of the right-of-way of the Fort Worth & Denver South Plains Railway. The tract in issue is a part of the Northeast Quarter of Section No. 7 in…