Bond v. Duren

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Bond from judgment against him for actual and exemplary damages in favor of plaintiff Duren, in a fraud case.

Plaintiff Duren sued Defendant Bond alleging Duren was induced by Bond to make a loan of $7,290. upon Bond’s fraudulent representation to secure the loan by a deed of trust upon two duplex houses owned by Bond in Copperas Cove, Texas.

Trial was to a jury which found:

1) Bond represented that he would give Duren a mortgage or security interest in two duplexes in Copperas Cove.

2) Such representation was false.

3) Bond knew the…