EXXON CORP. v. SCHUTZMAIER

No. 7774.

537 S.W.2d 282 (1976)

EXXON CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. Joyce SCHUTZMAIER et vir., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Paine and W. John English, Jr., Houston, for appellants.

A. J. Watkins, Houston, for appellees.


KEITH, Justice.

Defendant Exxon Corporation appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of Joyce Schutzmaier and her husband which found that an easement existed across Exxon's property for the benefit of the Schutzmaiers which extended from an express easement, earlier given their predecessors in title, to a public highway.

In 1949, Thomas E. Brawner (Joyce Schutzmaier's father and predecessor in title) purchased 173 acres from V. L. Peterson. This land was...

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