Bowles v. Watson

Appellant, Frank Bowles, brought this suit in trespass to try title against appellees, J. W. and J. E. Watson, to recover a small strip of land alleged to be part of section 17, block A, T. T. Ry. Co., in Lubbock county. The appellees answered by a plea of not guilty and a plea of 10 years’ limitations. A judgment for a one-third undivided interest in the land sued for was rendered in plaintiff’s favor.

Under the plea of not guilty an issue of boundary as to the line between section 17, owned by appellant, and section 12, on the north, owned by appellees, was tried, and the finding was against…