Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Lambert

W. D. Lambert, claiming the merchantable pine timber on 85 acres of land, part of a 160-acre survey out of H. T. & B. section No. 15 in San Augustine county, and Ned Douglas, intervener, claiming title to said 85 acres, brought this suit against the Houston Oil Company of Texas for the recovery of same. It was agreed that the record title to the land is in the Oil Company, and that it is entitled to a judgment for the land and timber unless its right of recovery is defeated by the claim of Lambert and Douglas, based on the statutes of limitation of ten years. A trial before a jury resulted in…