Chapa v. Garcia

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

Roman Chapa et al. brought this trespass to try title suit against Juliana R. Garcia et al. to recover title to and possession of a tract of 99.71 acres of land situated in Starr County, Texas. Plaintiffs are the record owners, and defendants claim title under the ten year statute of limitations, Article 5510, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. The jury, in answer to the only special issue submitted, found that defendants had peaceable and adverse possession of the land in controversy for a period of ten consecutive years between the tenth day of November, 1933, and the…