Haven Chapel United Methodist Church v. William Michael Leebron II, E.J. King, Brazoria County Commissioners Court, and Marlene Mouchette

OPINION

Ken Wise, Justice

Appellant Haven Chapel United Methodist Church appeals the trial court’s judgment granting the appellees’ motions for summary judgment and declaring that a platted road or right-of-way exists between the Church’s property and that of another property owner. In nine issues, the Church challenges the trial court’s jurisdiction and rulings rejecting the Church’s claims that the disputed property was never a road and is owned by the Church. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

Factual and PROCEDURAL Background

Sometime in the 1800s, the town of Columbia (now…