Legal Opinion

Foster v. Atlir

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided November 19, 1919No. 95-2920PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Action by John Atlir and wife against Frank Foster and another. Judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (181 S. W. 520), and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtStrong, J.

The defendants in error sued Foster and McCarthy to recover damages for false representations made in the exchange of lands. It was alleged in the petition that plaintiffs conveyed cértain lots in the city •of El Paso, Tex., to defendants, in exchange for a. tract of land, and other property not necessary to describe, situated in Dona Ana ■county, New Mexico; that defendants represented to plaintiffs that they had perfect title to the tract of land conveyed, and that it contained 151. acres; that in truth the defendants had no title to 17.38 acres of the land, and, in addition, there was a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. George v. HesseTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Moore v. PiersonTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Cox v. BartonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  4. Foster v. AtlirCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Morriss-Buick Co. v. PondromTexas Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. StuardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  3. Davis v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. Collier v. Bankston-Hall Motors, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1954
  5. Austin Gaslight Co. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924

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