Green v. Vance

WOODRUFF, Justice.

Appellees, John T. Vance, Callaway S. Vance, and Cullen B. Vance, filed this trespass-to-try-title suit in the District Court of Jackson County, Texas, on August 16, 1956, against the appellant, Rowan Green, seeking judgment for title and possession of 5 acres of land known as Farm Tract No. 2408 in Francitas Farms, a subdivision located in that county. Appellant answered with a plea of not guilty and specially pled the ten-year statute of limitations and his peaceable and adverse possession of the land for more than ten years prior to the institution of suit.

Appellant filed…