Burroughs v. Smith

Appellee, Richard Smith, sued appellant J. B. Burroughs in trespass to try title for the recovery of survey 16, in Deni-son and Southwestern Railway Company block Z, in Coke county. Burroughs answered that he owned survey 17 in said block Z which adjoins survey 16 'on the west; that the boundary line between those surveys had been fixed by a certain old fence; and pleaded “not guilty” as to any lands claimed by ap-pellee lying west of .that fence; and also pleaded title thereto under the 10-year statute of limitation. Burroughs impleaded appellants, H. A. Chapman and M. Mable Chapman Pegues…