Breland v. Rice

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

The motion for rehearing is granted. Effort will be made to confine discussion to the minimum that is compatible with understanding the issues involved. The plaintiffs undertook to establish both a record and a limitation title to the land described in their petition in this trespass to try title action. The defendants were in possession of a substantial part, approximately the south half, of the land described, but made no claim of title thereto. The defense was that original title to the land in defendants’ possession had never been divested out…