Boerschig v. SOUTHWESTERN HOLDINGS, INC.

OPINION

GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice.

John Boerschig appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of Southwestern Holdings, Inc. (SHI), stemming from his suit for trespass, injunctive, and declaratory relief. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

BACKGROUND

In the early 1900s, John A. Poole owned a sizeable ranch named La Cienega. 1 The northern portion of that ranch, now known as the McCracken Ranch, was later sold to the McCrackens in 1930. In 1950, Poole’s son, Hart Greenwood, purchased La Morita, a western property adjacent to La Cienega.

Forty years later, SHI bought the Cibo-lo Creek Ranch,…