Field v. Shaw

REYNOLDS, Justice.

A grantor of real property filed this suit to recover title and possession on the theory that a provision in the deed had been violated which caused the property to revert to grantor. The trial court rendered a take-nothing judgment. Because the deed provision describes a condition subsequent and the trial court concluded, upon factual findings supported by evidence, that the three-year statute of limitation of actions for recovery of land applied, the forfeiture grantor sought by way of suit is barred. Affirmed.

By her 12 June 1949 deed reserving the minerals, Anita Field…