ADVERSE POSSESSION

Richard F. Brown   The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you.  Garner v. Griffin, No. 13-06-621-CV, 2009 WL 200772  (Tex.  App.—Corpus  Christi Jan. 29, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op.), holds that a co-tenant’s execution of oil and gas leases (which did […]

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. BP America Production Company v. Marshall, 342 S.W.3d 59 (Tex. 2011) held that, among cotenants, the payment of a royalty rather than a cotenant share is sufficiently hostile to put the […]