Bohny v. Petty

COLLARD, Judge, Section A.

This suit was brought in the District Court of Cooke County on the 20th day of March, 1888, in form of trespass to try title, by the appellee W. P. Petty against the appellant H. G. Bohny to recover 7 by 100 feet of land in Gainesville, Texas. Bohny answered not guilty, by pleas of limitation of five years, and improvements made in good faith. There was a verdict and judgment for Petty May 5,1888, for the land and for Bohny for improvements, and the latter appealed. The controversy grew out of the following transaction:

On March 5,1873, one 27. T. Bomar owned a…