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The “Greatest Estate” Doctrine Impacts a Lease Assignment

By Charles Sartain on December 13, 2022
Posted in Land Titles, Title Issues

Let’s begin with some Texas law on what a seller sells when he executes a deed:

Generally, a Texas real property deed will confer upon the grantee the greatest estate as the terms of the instrument will permit. This “greatest estate …” differs in concept from the “greatest estate possible”.

A deed will pass whatever…

Texas Mineral Deed Signed Away Right to Sue

By Charles Sartain on May 12, 2022
Posted in Land Titles, Title Issues
Co-author Brittany Blakey

The question in litigation is usually “WHAT”: what happened, what contract was breached, what did someone do or fail to do, and so on. In Hughes v. CJM Resources, LP, the question was, “WHO” had the right to file the suit in the first place? The Eastland Court of Appeals affirmed…

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