O'Connell v. Johnson

W. E. MONTEITH, Special Commissioner.

This is a suit in form of trespass to try title brought by appellant, Nora E. O’Con-nell, against defendants, appellees here, Sallie Johnson, William Henry, and Skelly Oil Company, to recover a one-twelfth undivided interest in 72 acres of land in the Maria Cummin’s League Survey in Mata-gorda County, Texas.

Appellees, Sallie Johnson and Skelly Oil Company, pleaded not guilty and the several statutes of limitation. They defended particularly under the five and ten year statutes, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. arts. 5509, 5510.

The trial, without the intervention of a…