Legal Opinion
Fowler v. Epps
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided February 10, 2010No. 03-08-00055-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
J. WOODFIN JONES, Chief Justice.
Christopher and Laura Epps sold their house to Bruce and Stephanie Fowler. After discovering alleged defects in the house, the Fowlers sued the Eppses for violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“DTPA”), see Tex. Bus. & Com.Code Ann. §§ 17.45(5), .46(b) (West 2002), common-law fraud, fraud in a real estate transaction, see id. § 27.01 (West 2009), and negligent misrepresentation. In response, the Eppses requested their attorney’s fees under a provision of the sales contract allowing attorney’s fees to be awarded to “the prevailing…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- In Re BennettTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Intercontinental Group Partnership v. KB Home Lone Star L.P.Texas Supreme Court · 2009
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston v. Estate of Blackmon Ex Rel. ShultzTexas Supreme Court · 2006
- Mossler v. ShieldsTexas Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Epps v. FowlerTexas Supreme Court · 2011
- Fitzgerald v. SCHROEDER VENTURES II, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2011
- Mark Polansky and Landrah Polansky v. Pezhman Berenji and John Berenjy, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2012
- Cindy Schlapper v. Rand Forest, Buck Childers, Robert Stewart Leonard, Dorothy Stewart Uzell, Betty Stewart Hanson, Mike Keuhl, Flagship Marine Corporation, Shoreline Development, and Harbor Ventures, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
- Cindy Schlapper v. Rand Forest, Buck Childers, Robert Stewart Leonard, Dorothy Stewart Uzell, Betty Stewart Hanson, Mike Keuhl, Flagship Marine Corporation, Shoreline Development, and Harbor Ventures, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
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