To satisfy a limitations period, peaceable and adverse possession does not need to continue in the same person, but there must be privity of estate between each holder and his successor.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.023
TACKING OF SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Templeton v. Dreiss (1998)
Most recently applied in Cooke v. Morrison (May 2013)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.