Stafford v. Jackson

OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

This is an appeal in an adverse possession case. Appellee, Horace Jackson, Jr., brought suit in trespass to try title claiming that he had gained title to a tract of land in Burleson County by adverse possession. TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 5510 (Vernon 1958). Appellants, Donald J. Stafford, Charles Cunningham, and the heirs of Tina Bedford appeal from the judgment of the trial court awarding title to Appellee. We affirm.

The tract of land in question was originally one of six contiguous fifty-six acre tracts in Burleson County owned by Missouri Munson Jackson. In 1912,…