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A DVERSE P OSSESSION

PJC 301.3

S.W.2d at 590. If acknowledgment is a disputed fact issue, an additional question or instruction may be necessary. Attorney’s fees. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §16.034(a)(1) provides for the recovery of attorney’s fees by a record title holder in a suit for possession of real prop erty, if successful against another party claiming adverse possession of the property. If the court finds that the adverse possessor’s claim was groundless and made in bad faith, the court shall award costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.034(a)(1). Without such a finding, the court may award costs and rea sonable fees. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §16.034(a)(2). The statute imposes demand requirements. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §16.034(b)–(c). The amount of reasonable attorney’s fees is generally a fact issue. See Transcontinental Insurance Co. v. Crump , 330 S.W.3d 211, 229–32 (Tex. 2010); City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News , 22 S.W.3d 351, 367 (Tex. 2000); Bocquet v. Herring , 972 S.W.2d 19, 21 (Tex. 1998); RDG Partnership v. Long , 350 S.W.3d 262, 277–78 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011, no pet.); Cullins v. Foster , 171 S.W.3d 521, 536 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2005, pet. denied). For a question on and additional discussion of attorney’s fees, see PJC 313.33.

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