Republic National Bank of Dallas v. Stetson

POPE, Justice.

Republic National Bank of Dallas, as executor of the estate of Wirt Davis, sued Charley H. Stetson in trespass to try title to recover two enclosures occupied and claimed by Stetson. Stetson, by counterclaim, asserted ten years’ limitation title to the enclosed tracts but he contended that Davis orally gave him enough additional acreage to total 160 acres. The jury found that Stetson had perfected limitation title to the two enclosures and also that Wirt Davis Sr. on March 28, 1947, orally gave Stetson the enclosures “plus sufficient additional acreage to aggregate 160 acres.”…