Rice v. Armstrong

BLEIL, Justice.

This is a land title case bringing into issue the State’s right to lease certain lands.

The crux of this appeal is whether the Big Cypress Bayou is the south boundary of the B. F. Lynn Survey in Marion County, Texas. We hold that it is by virtue of the doctrine of stare decisis. Therefore, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and judgment is rendered for appellants.

This controversy and several related to it have generated much litigation. Appellants, Edgar Rice, Sr., and others named in the petition, brought this suit in the District Court of Marion County, Texas, against…