Hunter v. Malone

FLY, Associate Justice.

— This is an action of trespass to try title to 120 acres of land off the Delano survey of one-third of a league, instituted by appellee. Appellant pleaded not guilty, limitation of_ ten years, and answered specially that the Delano and John W. Hill surveys are contiguous to each other, and appellant deraigned title from F. O. Skidmore, who owned or controlled the Hill survey,- and that on December 20, 1877, the said Skidmore 'had a verbal agreement with F. J. Malone, the owner of the Delano tract at that time, whereby the boundary line between the two tracts was fixed…