Isaacs v. Bishop

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

Using their wildest imagination, John and Susan Isaacs and Charles Bishop could not have predicted the unfortunate events which began when Isaacs contracted to sell the Hallsville Dragway to Bishop. That purchase contract was followed a few months later by a physical conflict which included Isaacs1 and Bishop, a subsequent punitive campaign by Isaacs against Bishop, and ultimately a pecuniary collapse by Bishop. From the resulting lawsuit, no party walked away happy.

The initial events are clear. Bishop purchased real and personal property known as the…