Adoue Lobit v. Town of Laporte

PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.

— This is an action of trespass to try title brought by the appellee, a municipal corporation within the county of Harris, against B. Adoue and Joseph Lobit, composing the firm of Adoue & Lobit, to recover the title and possession of a tract of about 13 acres of land situated within the corporate limits of appellee town. The land in controversy is a part of a tract of 1,600 acres in the "Johnson Hunter survey in Harris County. This 1,600-acre tract was owned by John A. and Nancy J. Caplen on March 10, 1892. On that date the Caplens conveyed all of said tract to A. M.…