Mr. Penny lived in his quiet home, on a quiet street, in a quiet manner, for fifty quiet years. Obviously enough, Mr. Penny was a quiet man. He kept to himself. Not many folks knew much about Mr. Penny. He was so reclusive that upon...
Two brothers owned a home together. In fact, their late mother had given it to the brothers hoping they could both live there together for the rest of their lives. As time would tell, that never happened. Nice Brother brought his bags one weekend to...
We will call this subject, “Curley.” During the 1950’s Curley’s parents lived in their little old family home in a sleepy German immigrant town in Texas, where Curley took care of them into their late years. Just before Curley’s parents died in the 1990’s they...
While researching the Texas land records one afternoon, an ARP Partner noticed a property tax auction where the county sheriff auctioned off a man’s vacant lot and made a few mistakes in the process. We will call him Mr. Lotto. Sheriff tax sales often have...
A man born in the late 1800’s bought a ranch in Texas in 1917. Let’s call him Mr. Wildstone. After Mr. Wildstone’s death intestate (without a valid will), a series of heirs and strangers lived on the ranch. One of those people even built a...
After buying a property from an “old friend” of his in a deal that included money, trailers, and repayment of the seller’s old debts, a man who we will call Mr. Right was then challenged by his “old friend,” who we will call Mr. Wrong....
5 grandchildren inherited a 7-acre tract of land that had been landlocked their entire life, as far as they knew. The county road was barricaded 500 feet from the tract. A neighbor had fenced around it to enclose their livestock. A drainage ditch ran across...