Prescott v. Linney

HENRY, Associate Justice.

This was an action of trespass to try title, instituted by appellants to recover six hundred and forty acres of land, part of the Caleb Bennett league, lying in Goliad County.

Plaintiffs allege that their title was acquired through the five and ten years statutes of limitation. Defendants pleaded not guilty.

The case was tried without a jury, and no conclusions of law or fact were filed. The defendants introduced evidence for the purpose of showing a regular chain of title in themselves from the sovereignty of the *616soil. Objections are urged to the evidence introduced to…