Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Hoffman

B. A. Hoffman, defendant in a trespass to try title suit filed by appellant, Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company, claimed title to a fraction of an acre of land in Canadian, Hemphill county, Tex., under the 5 and 10 years’ statutes of limitation. Both pleas were submitted to a jury and answered in favor of appellee, for whom judgment was rendered. The conveyances under which appellee claims are as follows: Deed to Geo. Gerlach and Henry Barton, dated November 19, 1909, and filed for record March 1, 1910; deed from Geo. Gerlach and Henry Barton to Dr. William “Keefer,” dated November 29,…