Smith v. Ross

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

The suit is an action in trespass to try title to a certain 70-acre tract of'land, a part of the Robert Maxwell H. R. survey in Marion county. The original petition was filed by M. J. Ross on January 7, 1927. M. J. Ross died intestate April 21, 1929, his surviving wife and sole heir, Minnie Ross, was made party plaintiff. The case was tried upon plaintiff’s fourth amended original petition, in which she pleaded title to the 70 acres of land by limitation of ten years (Rev. St. 1925, art. 5510). The petition further alleged that the defendant Levi Williams is claiming a…