Fain v. Nelms
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Anderson County; B. H. Gardner, Judge. Action by J. A. Fain and another against T. A. Nelms and another. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
This is an action of trespass to try title by J. A. Fain against T. A. Nelms and, as presented in the trial court, involved the title of a tract of 12 acres of land on the Frost league adjoining an International & Great Northern Railroad Company survey of 221 acres. Defendant, who claimed to be the owner of a portion of said survey, alleged that the land in controversy was part of said tract, and also alleged that he was in possession in good faith and as such had made valuable and permanent improvements on the land in controversy, and prayed that if plaintiff recovered judgment for the land…
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