Hix v. Armstrong

This is a certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals of the Fifth District. The statement and questions are as follows:

“This action was brought by J. S., W. H. and Ernest Hix, plaintiffs in error, against J. W. Armstrong, defendant in error, to recover an undivided one-half interest in and to a certain tract of land in Johnson County, Texas, and for rents.

“Defendant answered disclaiming any interest in one hundred acres of the land,- describing the one hundred acres by field notes, not guilty as to the remainder, and adverse possession of three and five years, and vouched in Mary F.…