Grossenbacher v. Burket

POPE, Justice.

The court of civil appeals, on its own motion, dismissed the appeal because it regarded the judgment of the trial court as interlocutory in nature rather than a final judgment. Burket v. Delaware Drilling Corp., 419 S.W.2d 229. We reverse that court’s judgment of dismissal and remand the cause to the intermediate court for reinstatement upon the docket and for disposition upon the merits of the appeal.

Delaware Drilling Corporation and others .instituted this action against Maxwell Burket and others in the nature of a trespass to try title action to establish the ownership of the…