Williams v. Cook

The appellant, James R. Williams, instituted this suit on February 14, 1922, against M. H. Cook and others, by filing a petition in the usual form of'trespass_ to try title and upon special pleadings, which we deem unnecessary to describe, to recover an undivided one-half interest in and to the west one-half of section 70, block 4, of the Texas & Pacific Railway surveys in Stephens county.

In answer, pleas of not guilty, the three and five years’ statutes of limitation, and improvements in good faith were pleaded. The ease was tried before the court without a jury and resulted in a judgment…