Ross v. Green

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This was an action in trespass to try title by defendants in error, W. J. Green et al., against plaintiffs in error, W. W. Ross et al., for the title and possession of a tract of 83.9 acres of land in Liberty County, on allegations that the land in controversy was part of the A. B. Hardin one-half league, granted to Augustin B. Hardin in 1831. Plaintiffs in error answered by pleas of not guilty and limitation; their theory was that the land in controversy was part of the Swail survey granted to William Swail in 1831. These two surveys are rec tangular in shape, with the…