Ryan v. Mo-Mac Properties

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This appeal involves actions for removal of a cloud from title and for slander of title. Trial was before the court without a jury. Dr. Thomas Ryan appeals from the judgment which declared title in Western Wildcat, Inc. and ordered him to pay his opponents’ attorney’s fees. Western Wildcat, Inc. and Martha Rankin bring cross-points requesting attorney’s fees and pre-judgment interest. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

Prior to 1977, Southwest Theatres, Inc. owned several parcels of property, including two theaters and a discotheque in Edinburg and 5.046 acres of land…