James J. Hartnett, P.C. v. City of Dallas

OPINION

TERRIE LIVINGSTON, Justice.

INTRODUCTION

This is a suit to quiet title. James J. Hartnett, P.C. and James, Will, and Anne Hartnett (collectively, appellants) claim ownership of a tract of land, over a portion of which the City of Dallas (the city) claims a right-of-way easement. The city sued to settle the dispute. The trial court ruled that the property description in appellants’ deed referenced the city’s right-of-way as an ascertainable adjoinder and that this call for adjoinder controlled the deed’s conflicting calls for distance. Concluding as a matter of law that appellants’…