Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Jefferson Associates, Ltd.

ENOCH, Justice,

took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

We granted writ of error in this case to decide whether a buyer who agrees, freely and without fraudulent inducement, to purchase commercial real estate “as is” can recover damages from the seller when the property is later discovered not to be in as good a condition as the buyer believed it was *159when he inspected it before the sale. We hold he cannot.

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F.B. Goldman bought the Jefferson Building, a four-story office building in Austin, from The Prudential Insurance Company of America in 1984. Over two years later Goldman…