Sweet Kitten Feet said:
Not familiar with what's happening on Barron Cut Off. Please share.
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Royce West, a well-known attorney and state senator from Dallas, is representing a Brazos County landowner in a case involving Capps. West knows the issue well; he authored a bill in 2017 that reformed the way judges handle heirs' property cases. "It's a safeguard against unscrupulous investors coming in and just taking all of the property," he told Texas Monthly. Among other provisions, the legislation ensures that if one heir (or purchaser of an undivided interest, such as Capps) sues to force a sale, the remaining heirs have the right to purchase the plaintiff's interest at a fair market price before the entire property can be put on the market. It also strongly encourages judges to give preference to partitioning instead of a forced sale. West said he's concerned that not enough heirs' property owners are aware of the law's protections. "There are families that have had land in their family for a hundred and fifty to two hundred years, and they want to hold onto it," he said. "That's the very reason I did this."
Thanks for posting this- shameful - absolutely shameful.trouble said:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/heirs-property-black-owned-land-brazos-county/
Even non subscribers should be able to access this. You get at least 1 free story per month.
TRIPLE 7 said:
In my opinion the article was Right On! I know from personal experience! Encourage everyone in the Brazos and Robertson Counties to read, heed & understand what these two characters in the article have been up to for many years!
One thing the article neglected to mention is the untold amount of Mineral Rights that were targeted by these "legal" schemes. The value of those Rights is a big number!
A big thank you is owed to attorneys like Karl Hoppes and Jay Goss who have spend untold amounts of their own money and time defending folks who didn't have the where with all to defend themselves.
It seems like a story this big should be highlighted by our local Brazos County TV and News organizations?
As JudgeTravis Bryan says in the article, "It's not just 'I'm a lawyer and he's my client.' 'They're actually in it together ."
The fact that it took you an hour to read the article is as telling as the fact that you can't read an in-depth work of clearly unethical behavior and have anything but a political take on it.Russell Bradleys Toupee said:
That's an hour I won't get back - typical Texas Monthly fare that pushes all the liberal hot buttons including slavery, the Klan, white privilege and 'socially backwards Aggieland'. I expect no less from the National Spittoon of Texas.
Pot, meet kettle.tu ag said:The fact that it took you an hour to read the article is as telling as the fact that you can't read an in-depth work of clearly unethical behavior and have anything but a political take on it.Russell Bradleys Toupee said:
That's an hour I won't get back - typical Texas Monthly fare that pushes all the liberal hot buttons including slavery, the Klan, white privilege and 'socially backwards Aggieland'. I expect no less from the National Spittoon of Texas.
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"I buy stuff where the title is messed up and try to cure that title to the point that it can be resold, hopefully for a profit. . . . It's not wrong, not at all." Capps insisted that he didn't set out to target Black landowners, though he conceded it had often worked out that way in practice. "It's because they don't do anything to maintain their property. They just let it go."
This is a story unto itself. Likely the research would reveal some irrefutable evidence.Quote:
One thing the article neglected to mention is the untold amount of Mineral Rights that were targeted by these "legal" schemes. The value of those Rights is a big number!
momlaw said:This is a story unto itself. Likely the research would reveal some irrefutable evidence.Quote:
One thing the article neglected to mention is the untold amount of Mineral Rights that were targeted by these "legal" schemes. The value of those Rights is a big number!
Also, there might be some opportunities for original owners' recourse.
Not all operators and landmen pay attention to the details.
Taking on true ownership with the operators is not the same as fighting the state/county/shysters for ground rights
The story does address the split signing bonus. That is a huge tell.
Robert L. Peters said:
I am not in agreement with these tactics, especially the teaming up with that lady in California. That was weird.
But the important question is: why are African Americans exempt from paying property taxes and keeping up their properties? That's kind of what this article is insinuating.
