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I MPROPER U SE OF R EAL P ROPERTY

PJC 302.3

owner carries burden on first two elements, he must “further prove” third element). Thus, this question may be submitted as a single question or as multiple questions, depending on the facts and circumstances of the case. Severed groundwater estate. In Coyote Lake Ranch , the Texas Supreme Court applied the three-element accommodation doctrine to a severed groundwater estate. 498 S.W.3d at 64–65. PJC 302.3 should be modified as necessary to submit the doc trine as applied to severed groundwater estates. See, e.g., Coyote Lake Ranch, LLC , 498 S.W.3d at 64–65 (groundwater owner must show in element 3 “methods to access and produce the water”).

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