Davis v. Receivers of the Houston Oil Co.

REESE, Associate Justice.

Suit by W. E. Davis and Joe W. Thomas against the receivers of the Houston Oil Company in trespass to try title to recover 160 acres of land, being the southeast quarter of survey No. 50, G. & B. Navigation Co., in Tyler County. The suit was begun November 3, 1906. Plaintiffs pleaded title under the ten-year statute of limitation to the 160 acres, in Davis. The case was tried with a jury. The court, at the request of the defendant, charged the jury to return a verdict for plaintiffs for the land actually held under enclosure by them, and verdict was rendered…