If there is only a partial conflict of title under a patent, the commissioner in the manner provided in Section 51.250 of this code may cancel any patent presented to him and issue a patent to the applicant for the portion of the land that is covered by his original patent but that is not in conflict with the older title if the area can be determined from the field notes.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.251
PARTIAL CONFLICT OF TITLE
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2437, ch. 871, art
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