Howth v. Taliaferro

Appellants were plaintiffs below. They brought this suit against appel-lee, Taliaferro, for partition of the McGuire Chesson 262-acre tract of land in Orange county, Tex. Appellee answered by a general demurrer, general denial, and denied that plaintiffs had any interest in the land, and alleged that he was the owner of the land in fee simple, and by way of cross-action sued plaintiffs in trespass to try title to said land, and also pleads limitation under the five and ten years’ statutes.

The heirs of Jesse Ashworth intervened, making the usual allegations of ownership as in. trespass to try…