Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Griffin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hardin County; L. B. Hightower, Judge. Trespass to try title by the Houston Oil Company of Texas against T. J. Griffin. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, O. J.
This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellant against the appellee to recover title and possession of a tract of 220 acres of land, a part of a survey of 1,280 acres of school land patented to Hardin county by the state of Texas by patent No. 541, vol. 41. The defendant disclaimed title to all of said land except a tract of 160 acres described in his answer, as to which he claimed title under the 10-year-statute of limitation. By supple mental petition plaintiff alleged that from February 1,1904, to May 5, 1909, the plaintiff corporation was in the hands…
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