Coxl v. Campbell

Plaintiffs in error sued the defendants in error in trespass to try title to recover a narrow strip of land, approximately 21.6 *430varas wide and 1130 varas long, being a part of the north half of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company right of way in Gregg County, Texas. Plaintiffs in error failed to recover judgment in the trial court, and on appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals at Amarillo that court affirmed the judgment of the trial court. 80 S. W. (2d) 1000.

In 1876 C. B. Carter acquired a 296 acre tract of land. Carter’s predecessor in title had conveyed to the Southern Pacific Railway…