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MALLETT v. WHEAT

No. 09 85 143 CV.

709 S.W.2d 768 (1986)

Jules L. MALLETT, III and Gertrude M. Delane, Appellants, v. J. Nixon WHEAT, Trustee, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.W. Plummer, Jefferson, Mims, Plummer & Rice, Houston, for appellants.

J.C. Zbranek, Zbranek, Hight & Fontenot, Thomas A. Wheat, Liberty, Stanley Plettman, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, for appellee.

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a trespass to try title case. Appellee filed this suit on March 7, 1982, claiming title and right to possession of a one-half undivided interest in a 13.76 acre tract of land in Liberty County. The appellants answered by plea of not guilty and also claimed title to and right to possession of the tract in dispute under various statutes of limitation and the doctrine of laches. After all the evidence was presented to a jury...

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