Spring Branch Independent School District v. Lilly White Church

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit brought by Ella Freeman and T. J. Adams on behalf of the Lilly White Church and the membership thereof against^the Spring Branch Independent School District. It was stipulated that the church had record title to the land and that the only issue to be tried was whether the School District had peaceable, continuous and adverse possession of the property in question for more than ten years prior to the institution of the suit. Issues presenting this defense were submitted to a jury, and the trial court entered a judgment for the church…