Legal Opinion

Security Savings Ass'n v. Clifton

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided July 28, 1988No. 05-87-01041-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAKER, Justice.

Security Savings Association appeals from a judgment in which a jury awarded damages and attorneys fees to Art B. Clifton for conversion of Clifton’s ten percent interest in a $2,000,000.00 savings account held by SSA. In six principal arguments, SSA contends the trial court violated the parol evidence rule, erred in submitting certain jury questions, erred in awarding exemplary damages, attorney’s fees, and prejudgment interest, and attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s findings. We find the award of attorney’s fees and calculation of prejudgment…

2Cases cited37 opinions

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3Cited by29 opinions

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