Legal Opinion
Graham Homes, Inc. v. Bowyer Real Estate
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 25, 1981No. 18438PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPURLOCK, Justice.
On appeal we affirm trial court’s denial of a plea of privilege. Graham Homes, Inc., (seller) placed real estate with Bowyer Real Estate (realtor) to sell same for a fee. A contract for sale was consummated in which Covington Brothers (buyer) placed $100,000.00 in escrow as earnest money. The realtor was one of two realtors who contracted to sell the property and equally divide the compensation for their services. Covington defaulted and seller settled with Covington and retained $30,000.00 of the earnest money. Bowyer then brought this suit against the seller to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- General Motors Corporation v. BradyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Shelton v. PoynorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Ellis v. TradCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Kornell v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967