Webster v. International & G. N. Ry. Co.

This was a suit of trespass to try title by Daniel Webster and wife, Lizzie Webster, for the recovery of the land involved in controversy, but upon the death of her husband Lizzie Webster was authorized to prosecute the same in her own name and in her own right. Plaintiff claimed under the 10-year statutes of limitation; while defendant, after categorically denying all allegations of plaintiff’s petition, interposed the pleas of the 3, 5, and 10 year statutes of limitation. Plaintiff, by supplemental petition duly filed, urged demurrers to the respective pleas of limitation on the part of the…