Cleaver v. Knighton

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by appellants, A. G. Cleaver et al., against appellee, Joe R. Knighton, and others, to partition a tract of thirty-one (31) acres of land, a part of the Isaac Lee Survey, about one mile S. E. from the City of Nacogdoches. Appellee answered by pleas of the statutes of limitations of three and five years, claiming that portion of the thirty-one (31) acres alleged by him to be four (4) acres “as is fenced on the ground,” and disclaiming “any interest in and to the said thirty-one (31) acres except that which is fenced by the defendant.” The answers of…