Auchterlonie v. McBride

OPINION

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court in a trespass to try title suit in which William V. and Manilla Swank McBride (appellees or the McBrides) were awarded title to and possession of two five-acre tracts of land in Galveston County. The McBrides claimed the land by adverse possession from Lois Dobbin Auchterlonie and Iona Marie Marsh Dobbin, who are the sole surviving heirs of the record owners, Thomas M. and R. Alma Dobbin (appellants or the Dobbins). In three points of error the appellants contend there is insufficient evidence to…