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TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. SMITH

159 U.S. 66 (1895)

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.W. Howe for plaintiff in error. Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Winslow S. Pierce were on his brief, on which they submitted.

Mr. A.H. Leonard for defendants in error submitted on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is unnecessary to consider any questions other than those which arise upon the instructions of the court in respect to the matter of prescription. The possession of the defendant and its grantors had continued from the spring of 1872 until the commencement of this action — about fourteen years — four years longer than the time...

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