Hernandez v. Alta Verde Industries, Inc.

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a trespass to title suit. At the close of the evidentiary portion of the trial, the trial court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of appellee. Appellants assert title by way of an oral gift and the statute of limitations; alternatively, damages for constructing improvements on the property.

Since judgment was based on the trial court’s instructed verdict, we must ascertain if there is any evidence of probative force to raise a fact issue on the material issues. In reaching this determination it is our responsibility to…