Legal Opinion
Briercroft Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Foster Financial Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 19, 1976No. 4861PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.
Foster Financial Corporation sued Brier-croft Savings and Loan Association for contractual damages allegedly sustained as a result of Briercroft’s failure to fund a loan after making a commitment to William Lee Folse. Foster made an interim loan of $225,000 to Lee Folse Properties, corporate nominee of William Lee Folse. It alleged the loan was based on a conditional loan commitment letter from Briercroft to Folse; .that before making the loan it communicated with Briercroft and received certain writings concerning the commitment letter. Following a jury verdict, the…
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