Cleveland v. Hensley

CORNELIUS, Justice.

Mrs. Joyce Hensley, appellee, filed this trespass to try title suit against appellant, Thomas Cleveland, to recover title to approximately two acres of land in Big Sandy, Texas. She claimed title through Sallie Turner whom she alleged had perfected title to the land by adverse possession. Appellant Cleveland was the holder of the record title. He succeeded to the title of his grandfather, Albert Cleveland, who purchased the land in 1887. After a jury trial appellee was awarded judgment.

Some of the Cleveland family lived in a house on the land in question until about 1921.…