Schwarz v. State

GAMMAGE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying appellants’ motion for summary judgment and granting appellee’s motion for summary judgment. We will affirm the order of the trial court.

This case involves title to coal and lignite on two tracts of land in Webb County, Texas. The parties are in agreement as to the background facts. In 1907 the two tracts were the subject of an application for patent made by Andrea J. de Alexander and George R. Alexander. Both the applications for patents and the subsequently issued patents recited that “all the minerals” were reserved to the State.…