Vrabel v. Donahoe Creek Watershed Authority
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.
Appellants brought this action to determine the validity of a purported easement asserted by appellees on a tract of land owned by appellants. Appellants’ main point, which we sustain, is that the easement is void because of a lack of adequate description.
The purported easement which was granted to appellees by appellants’ predecessor in title is described as follows:
“BEING 111.0 acres, more or less, out of a 250.5 acre tract of land in the Basil Durbin Survey, as more fully described in a Warranty Deed dated January 1, 1953, from Erwin Mankins and wife, Mayna Aliene…
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