Dec Ball v. Carroll

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

—This is an action of trespass to try title to a tract of 139 acres of land in Anderson County brought by appellant against the appellees, J. L. Carroll and Alen Brown.

The petition, in addition to the usual allegations in trespass to try title, sets up title in plaintiff under the statute of limitations of ten years, and further alleges in substance that the defendants are asserting claim to and have entered into possession of the land by virtue of a void sheriff’s sale and deed made under a void judgment for taxes, rendered by the District Court of Anderson…