Southwestern Lumber Co. of New Jersey v. Allison

This is an action of trespass to try title by appellant, Southwestern Lumber Company of New Jersey, against the appellee, J. V. Allison, involving a tract of 240 acres of land, a part of section 66, Houston & Texas Central Railway Company survey in Jasper county. The defendant, Allison, answered by general denial, plea of not guilty, and by special plea of limitation of 10 years as to approximately 102 acres of the land involved, which the answer described by metes and bounds.

The case was tried with a jury, and the court, after defining “adverse possession’’ and “peaceable possession,”…