Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Speights
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Liberty County. The Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company sued Speights in trespass to try title. Defendants had judgment and it was affirmed on appeal by the plaintiff, who then procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This is an action of trespass to try title brought by plaintiff in error against defendant in error to recover a tract of land in Liberty County. Plaintiff in error showed title from the State to the locus in quo, but was defeated in the District Court and Court of Civil Appeals by the defense of limitation under the ten years statute. The time when the possession relied on by the defendants commenced was not shown by the evidence more definitely than that it was taken in the year 1888.
The Court of Civil Appeals held that the record before it did not show that suit…
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