Chapman v. King Ranch, Inc.

OPINION

HINOJOSA, Justice.

Appellants, the heirs and devisees of William and Helen Chapman, brought a trespass to try title suit against appellees to establish their title to an undivided one-half interest in approximately 15,449.4 acres of land known as the “Rincon de Santa Gertrudis” (“the Rincon”). Appellants also sought a bill of review to set aside a consent judgment entered in 1883 which conveyed the Chapman family’s interest in the Rincon to Richard King. The trial court granted appellees’ motions for summary judgment. By five issues, appellants contend the trial court erred in granting…