Yarto v. Gilliland

How courts have described this case

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• concluding justice court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction in forcible-detainer action because determining who had a superior right of possession required immediate resolution of title dispute
• concluding justice court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction in forcible-detainer action because determining who had a superior right of possession required immediate resolution of title dispute
• concluding justice court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction in forcible-detainer action because determining who had a superior right of possession required immediate resolution of title dispute
• observing that the “sole issue” in a forcible detainer suit is who has immediate right to possession
• observing that the defendants “formally evidenced their claim . . . through a joint stipulation of facts and [one of the defendant’s] testimony”
• finding a contract for deed was evidence of an equitable interest in subject property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).