Overstreet v. Houston Oil Co.

COMBS, Justice.

This suit is in trespass to try title, and involves 160 acres of land out of I. & G. N. section No. 36 in Polk county, Tex. Appellants, as plaintiffs, filed this suit in the district court of Polk county against appellees, as defendants, claiming title to the land involved under the statute of limitations of ten years. For convenience we will designate the parties as in the trial court.

Plaintiff Mrs. M„ S. Overstreet is the surviving widow, and the other plaintiffs are the surviving children and heirs, of Sam Over-street, deceased, upon whose possession and use of the land they…