City of Port Isabel v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

This is a dispute concerning title to certain submerged and partially submerged land in the Laguna Madre adjacent to Port Isabel, Texas. The trial court rendered judgment that Missouri Pacific owns fee simple title to the land. We reverse and render the judgment of the trial court.

We have included a diagram of the area for reference. The shaded areas represent the disputed land. 1 The trial court’s judgment divided the disputed land into two tracts. Tract I consists of blocks 88 and 89 and Railroad Avenue extending from Garcia Street 1020 feet into the Laguna Madre.…