American Nat. Bank of Beaumont v. Wingate

WALKER, Justice.

The plaintiff is the appellee and the defendant, the appellant.

The action is one to recover a tract ‘of land. Plaintiff claims to have acquired title to this land by adverse possession under Article 5510, R.S. 1925. The tract is in the D. Burrell League in Jefferson County. It covers 175 acres and was formerly owned by the plaintiff. In 1937, she conveyed it ‘(joined by her children) to the defendant bank’’ in payment of a community debt’ owed by her deceased husband and herself. She testified that afterward, in 1938, she began to hold possession of the land adversely to the…