Cronin v. City of Houston

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title. Appellants seek to recover possession of a *330certain tract of land which was condemned by the City in 1925 for use as a “fire engine house”. They allege that the City acquired only an easement by the condemnation, and that the City, by ceasing to use the property as a fire station, has abandoned the easement.

The City contends that it acquired fee simple title to the tract by the condemnation, but, in the alternative, alleged that it had acquired title by adverse possession.

The case was tried to a jury and judgment was entered that…