Legal Opinion
Escondido Services, LLC v. VKM HOLDINGS, LP
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided June 3, 2010No. 11-09-00034-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TERRY McCALL, Justice.
This appeal involves an application of the strip and gore doctrine in the context of a mineral estate lying underneath a strip of land conveyed to the State for the construction of a highway. The trial court concluded that the mineral estate underneath the highway strip was conveyed under the strip and gore doctrine when its owners conveyed tracts of land adjacent to the strip. We affirm.
Background Facts
Joe W. Crouch Jr. is the common source of title to all of the tracts at issue in this appeal. He obtained title to a 319-acre tract of property by virtue of a…
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