Dooley v. Maywald

PLEASAHTS, Associate Justice.

The appellant sued the appellee in trespass to try title to 160 acres of school land situated in Harris County, known as section 42, in block 2, and surveyed for Houston & Texas Central Railway Company by virtue of certificate 125. The plaintiff claimed title under conveyances under one Ed Probert, to whom the land was sold by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the ' Act of July, 1879, as amended by the Act of April 6, 1881. The defendant answered by general demurrer and statutory pleas of limitation of three, five, and ten years. The case was…