Gibbs v. Main Bank of Houston

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

This suit is the outgrowth of a decision rendered in Lawson v. Gibbs, 591 S.W.2d 292 (Tex.Civ.App. — Houston [14th Dist.] 1979, writ ref’d n.r.e.). In that case, the plaintiff David K. Gibbs challenged the validity of a foreclosure sale of property he had earlier purchased from Wortham Investments, Inc. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of Gibbs, decreeing that the foreclosure sale was invalid. However, that judgment was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals and the cause was remanded for trial of the damage claim asserted against Gibbs by the…