Texas Supreme Court

Minh Thu Tran, Norman L. Roser and Washington Mutual Bank, Fa, Petitioners v. William MacHa and Nita MacHa, Respondents

December 1, 200650 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 186

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that the shared use and mutual mistake concerning a driveway strip did not satisfy the statutory requirements for adverse possession. The Court emphasized that adverse possession requires actual, visible, exclusive, and hostile appropriation, which was lacking.