Crowley v. Larkin

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

This trespass to try title suit involves a strip of land 43.7 feet wide between the land of plaintiffs Thomas F. Larkin, Jr. and others on the east and a tract owned by the defendant R. E. Crowley on the west. Plaintiffs claim record title to the strip under a deed dated March 18, 1917, which conveyed to Thomas F. Larkin, Sr. two tracts of land aggregating 140 acres, and plaintiffs also claim title by adverse possession. Defendant Crowley answered only by a general denial. The jury’s answers to special issues were favorable to plaintiffs, and defendant appeals from a…