STATE v. McHARD

No. 144.

432 S.W.2d 182 (1968)

The STATE of Texas et al., Appellants, v. Samuel Everett McHARD, Jr., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., of Texas, Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., A. J. Carubbi, Jr., Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Houghton Brownlee, Jr., Harold G. Kennedy, James H. Quick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Fred A. Lange, Houston, for appellants.

Clark G. Thompson, Spiner, Pritchard & Thompson, Wilbur S. Cleaves, Cleaves & Cleaves, John E. Price, Jr., Price, Veltmann, Skelton & Neblett, J. M. Slator, III, Blades, Crain, Slator & Winters, Houston, Charles Reinhard, Kerrville, for appellees.


TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This case involves a controversy as to the ownership of a 22.097 acre tract of land in Fort Bend County, Texas. The appellants, plaintiffs in the trial court, filed a petition in the statutory trespass to try title form and, alternatively, pleaded the various statutes of limitations.

The property to which plaintiffs sought title by their suit is described in their petition as follows:

"BEING 22.097 acres of land out of the J...

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