J. Eddie Dyer v. Ronald Cotton

Opinion issued November 18, 2010.

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-09-00228-CV

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J. Eddie Dyer, Appellant

V

Ronald Cotton, Appellee

On Appeal from the 506th District Court

Grimes County, Texas

Trial Court Case No. 30355

O P I N I O N

In this trespass to try title suit, Eddie Dyer sued Ronald Cotton, claiming that, in addition to procuring an undivided 1/7th interest to farmland in Grimes County by conveyance, he also had acquired title to the remaining 6/7th interest by adverse possession. A jury disagreed, finding that Dyer had not adversely possessed…