Gillett v. Van Horne

This suit was instituted by appellant against appellees, and from the citation appearing in the record, was an ordinary trespass to try title suit to recover the title and possession of a strip of land lying between the east line of the United States Reclamation Service drainage canal right of way and what is claimed by appellant to be the west line of appellee’s property. The strip appears to be about 5 feet wide at the north end and 12 feet wide at the other, and about 445 steps in length.

Appellant later filed an amended petition alleging peaceable and adverse possession for more than ten…