Armstrong v. Rice

RAY, Justice.

This is a summary judgment proceeding.

Appellees (plaintiffs), Edgar Rice, Sr., et al., brought this suit in the District Court of Marion County, Texas, against appellant (defendant), Bob Armstrong, Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas, and 0. W. Breland, seeking to cancel a grazing lease executed by the Commissioner to Bre-land on the ground that appellees owned the land covered by the lease and that the lease constituted a cloud on appellees’ title. The trial court granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment cancelling the lease. Appellant Armstrong has perfected…