Newcomb v. Cox

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title brought by appellants against the appellees, Thomas B. Cox, German Smith, and Jo Jim. The property involved in the suit is an undivided one-third of lot No. 21 in the town of Crockett, in Houston County.

The appellees above named pleaded not guilty, and also the three, five, and ten years statutes of limitation, and further answered that they were the tenants of J. E. Downes and asked that he be made a party. Downes answered adopting the pleas of his tenants and codefendants, and pleading further, averred that he had…