Texas Department of Transportation and City of Edinburg v. A.P.I. Pipe and Supply, L.L.C. and Paisano Service Company, Inc.

Texas legal rules governing real-estate transactions demand assiduousness, lest *165uncertainty subvert the orderly transfer of property. This inverse-condemnation dispute over ten acres in Hidalgo County asks a simple question: Who has title to the parcel? The answer turns on the validity of conflicting recorded judgments:

1. 2003 Judgment — which the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the City of Edinburg claim gives the City fee-simple ownership, subject to a drainage easement granted to TxDOT.

2. 200k Judgment — which A.P.I. Pipe Supply, LLC and Paisano Service Company, Inc.…