White v. Kingsbury

HOBBY, Judge.

—The appellee, W. G. Kingsbury, brought this action of trespass to try title and to recover a tract of land described in the petition as the Hardin Waldrop 392-acre survey.

The defendant, James M. White, answered by plea of not guilty, pleaded specially title in himself, and also alleged that the land owned by plaintiff was not properly described in the petition. The answer contained aver*612ments to the effect that plaintiff had purchased the tract of land from one Tom Griffin, but that the field notes of the tract as set forth in the petition did not describe tbe land so purchased,…