Powell Lumber Co. v. Dickerson

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Suing as owner of the record title, plaintiff below, appellant here, brought this suit to recover title to and possession of the 302 acre S. W. Turner tract out of the Richard Ballew League in Orange County, Texas.

Describing by metes and bounds the West 160 acres of that tract and alleging that they had been in peaceable and adverse possession of it for more than ten years in full accord with Article 5510, R.C.S. of Texas, defendants and cross-plaintiffs below, appellees here, asserted title by limitation to the 160 acres described and sought judgment for it.

A jury…