Hendricks v. Huffmeyer

GAINES, Chief Justice.

plaintiffs in error brought this suit to recover a league of land consisting of two surveys of a half league each lying on the Medina River and patented to heirs of Catherine Arnold; deceased. The defendants pleaded not guilty and the statute of limitations of five and ten years.

The following is a brief outline of the facts as developed by the evidence: ■ Catherine Arnold left a son whom the plaintiff claims to have been her only heir and whose name was Daniel Arnold. Daniel Arnold died in 1848 leaving seven children, one of whom died unmarried, so that his estate…