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A good case on abandonment is Margraff V. Salem Cemetery Association, 549 SW2d 524, 1976 which cites Andrus v. Remmert, 136 Tex. 179, 146 S.W.2d 728 (1941). It was there held that land dedicated to use as a cemetery can be abandoned as such. The test to be applied is stated as follows:

"As long as land once dedicated to use as a cemetery 'is kept and preserved as a resting place for the dead, with anything to indicate the existence of graves, or as long as it is known and recognized by the public as a graveyard, it is not abandoned.'"

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Randy Gilbert