Higgins v. South Texas Development Co.

This is an action of trespass to try title brought in the year 1910 by the South Texas Development Company against Joseph Higgins, and his sisters, Hannah Ward and Eliza Ward, and others, to recover a tract of 91 acres of land in Brazoria county. Joseph, Hannah, and Eliza pleaded not guilty and the statute of ten years’ limitation (Rev. St. 1925, art. 5510). During the pendency of the suit various other parties came into the suit, or were brought in, including the Bankers’ Mortgage Company, the successor in title to the South Texas Development Company. The case was tried to a jury on April…