Settlement
$600K
Condemnation proceedings, Buda, Texas.
2026
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Real estate disputes, tried rather than closed.
Title and boundary fights, easements, a buyer or seller who will not close, commercial lease defaults, deed restrictions, and co-owners who cannot agree. If you need a closing or a deed drafted, this is not that page. If the deal has turned into a dispute, it is.
What we handle
- Title disputes and trespass to try title
- Boundary lines and easements, including access to landlocked tracts
- Failed sales: specific performance and earnest money
- Deed restrictions and HOA enforcement
- Commercial lease defaults, for landlords and tenants
- Partition among co-owners, and condemnation
How we approach it
A suit to recover land, quiet title or remove a cloud on it must be brought in the county where all or part of the land is — usually Williamson County for a Georgetown tract, Travis County for an Austin one and Dallas County for a Dallas one, though each of those cities crosses a county line somewhere. Title in Texas is determined by trespass to try title, and co-owners who cannot agree can ask a court to partition the property.
These cases are decided on the recorded instruments, the survey and the chain of title, so the case is built from the county records before it is pleaded. We have recovered $1.45 million in a dispute over ownership of a Hill Country ranch, $1.5 million in a real-property ownership and probate dispute, and $600,000 in a condemnation.
Related: HOA disputes and construction disputes.
Related results
Real property
Title quieted
Title to a Round Rock house quieted in our client. 26th District Court, Williamson County.
2016
Recovered
$1.45M
In a dispute over ownership of a Hill Country ranch.
2014
Recovered
$1.5M
In a real-property ownership and probate dispute.
2008
Defense
Directed verdict
Take-nothing directed verdict for our client in a real estate dispute.
2014
Condemnation
$750K
Order releasing the $750,000 balance of a special commissioners’ award to the landowners. Williamson County Court at Law No. 2.
2013
Lease defense
Take nothing
Agreed judgment that the landlord take nothing against our restaurant client, which kept possession. Bell County Justice Court.
2012
Past results depend on the facts of each case and do not predict a similar outcome. Confidential matters are described without their terms.
Questions people ask
Do you handle real estate closings?
This practice is real estate litigation: disputes over title, boundaries, easements, failed sales, leases and restrictions.
Where is a real estate lawsuit filed in Texas?
A suit to recover real property, quiet title or remove a cloud on title must be brought in the county where the property is located.
The seller backed out of our contract. Can I make them sell?
Sometimes. Specific performance is an available remedy for a contract to sell land, and a buyer seeking it must generally show it was ready, willing and able to perform. The contract’s own remedies clause often decides what is available.
My neighbor built over the line. What now?
Get a current survey and the recorded deeds for both properties. A boundary dispute is decided on those, and the case is filed in the county where the land is.