Stovall v. Finney

STOKES, Justice.

This is a suit in trespass to try title instituted by appellee, J. A. Finney, against appellants, Robert C. Stovall and wife, in which appellee sought to recover the title and possession of 215 acres of land located in Hale and Lamb Counties. Appellants answered by general denial, plea of not guilty, and specially pleaded their right of possession of the land under the terms of a written contract with which they alleged they had fully complied and under which they contended they were entitled to such possession for a period of five years from the 1st day of January, 1939. They…