Legal Opinion
Willeford v. Walker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 31, 1973No. 779PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YOUNG, Justice.
This is a dispute arising out of a real estate contract between a vendor and a purchaser over earnest money deposited with a title company. B. R. Willeford and wife, Beth, sued Charles Vartan Walker and San Jacinto Title Company, as stakeholder, for $4,000.00 liquidated damages provided for in an earnest money contract for the sale of Willefords’ house to Walker. Walker answered by general denial. The title company, by answer, tendered the earnest money for disposition by the court and requested a reasonable attorney’s fee.
The trial was before the court, without a jury.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Nelson v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
- Huckleberry v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
- Meador v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Pena v. Security Title Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Colvin v. BaskettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Stoner v. ThompsonTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Augusta Development Co. v. Fish Oil Well Servicing Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1988
- Whitley v. WhitleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Carroll v. WiedCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Manning v. BleifusWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
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