Texas Court of Appeals Finds Taxpayer Failed to Prove Superior Title to Land

The Texas Court of Appeals of Texas issued a decision in a dispute regarding competing claims to title for two adjacent residential lots on August 12, 2025. The dispute arose between a taxpayer who had purchased and improved one lot, and a third party who had purchased the other lot following a tax sale. The Court found the tax sale deed conveyed full title to the second lot, overturning the trial court’s finding that the deed conveyed limited title. However, the Court affirmed rejection of the taxpayer’s adverse possession claim, as two adverse suits interrupted the statutory period for peaceable ...