Whelan v. Henderson

WALTHALL, Justice.

R. J. Whelan, as plaintiff, brought this suit in trespass to' try title against Mrs. Lizzie Rowell Henderson, defendant, a feme sole, to approximately 32.75 acres of land, a part of the Reuben Bennington Survey, Abstract No. 24, Marion County, Texas. Plaintiff’s petition is in the usual form of suits in trespass to try title. Plaintiff further specially pleads title by the ten and twenty-five years’ statutes of limitation.

Defendant answered by general demurrer, general denial; plea of not guilty, and specially pleaded- title in herself by the three, five, ten and twenty-five…