Schoonmaker v. Clardy

This was an action in trespass to try title, in which plaintiff ■below, W. F. Schoonmaker, sought to recover of defendants below, Allie D. Clardy and others,. a tract of land in El Paso county. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed a judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of defendants upon a directed verdict. 218 S. W. 1112.

There are two theories upon either or both of which defendants contend that the judgment of the trial courts should be sustained:

1. That defendants were entitled to recover as a matter of law upon a showing of adverse possession of ten years between the date of the…