National Resort Communities v. Short

SHANNON, Chief Justice.

Mildred Short sued appellant National Resort Communities (NRC) in the district court of Travis County for damages for fraud in the sale of land. After trial to a jury, the district court rendered judgment for Short for $4,300 in actual damages and $25,000 in exemplary damages. This Court will reverse the judgment.

Short, a Tyler resident, was interested in buying a lot from NRC in its Bar-K Ranches subdivision, near Austin. On June 22, 1972, she purchased lot 7030 for $6,800. NRC’s salesman allegedly represented to her that the street to her lot would be paved and that…