McCarver v. City of Corpus Christi

The City brought this suit against Mrs. McCarver and a number of others for the purpose of removing obstructions from an alley and for damages. The suit as to Mrs. McCarver was severed. She plead a termination of the alley as to her by the ten year limitation statute. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of Mrs. McCarver, but upon appeal this was reversed and remanded (City of Corpus Christi v. McCarver, Texas Civ. App. 1952, no writ history, 253 S.W. 2d 456) with a holding that there existed a fact issue as to adverse possession. Upon a trial on the merits a jury made the…