Patten v. Rodgers

POPE, Justice.

Nettie Odum Rodgers and her husband, joined by other members of the Odum family, filed this suit in trespass to try title against the record owners and asserted title by limitations to two tracts of land in Harrison County. A jury found that plaintiffs proved limitations under the ten-year statute, and the trial court rendered judgment on the verdict. The court of civil appeals affirmed the judgment. 417 S.W.2d 837. This court granted defendants’ application for writ of error for a determination of two points: (1) Did W. E. Odum, the adverse claimant under whom plaintiffs hold,…