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Texas Property Code - Chapter 22 Trespass To Try TitleLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Property Code > Texas Property Code - Chapter 22 Trespass To Try Title (a) A trespass to try title action is the method of determining title to lands, tenements, or other real property. (b) The action of ejectment ... A headright certificate, land scrip, bounty warrant, or other evidence of legal right to located and surveyed land is sufficient title to maintain a trespass ... A final judgment that establishes title or right to possession in an action to recover real property is conclusive against the party from whom the ... This chapter does not affect rights that existed before the introduction of the common law in this state. Those rights are defined by the principles ... (a) A defendant in a trespass to try title action who is not the rightful owner of the property, but who has possessed the property ... If in a trespass to try title action the plaintiff obtains a judgment for the contested property, but the defendant obtains a judgment for the ... (a) If after a trespass to try title action a plaintiff does not pay a judgment awarded to a defendant, plus accrued interest, before the ... If a party in a trespass to try title action makes a payment to the clerk of a court under this subchapter, the clerk shall ... (a) A defendant in a trespass to try title action who is not the rightful owner of the property in controversy may remove improvements made ... A court that authorizes a defendant in a trespass to try title action to remove improvements shall appoint a referee to supervise the removal. The ... A court that authorizes a defendant in a trespass to try title action to remove improvements retains jurisdiction of the action until the court makes ... Before a court in a trespass to try title action authorizes a defendant to remove improvements, the court may require the defendant to satisfy a ... The remedy of removing improvements may be pleaded as an alternative to all other remedies at law or in equity. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |