Legal Opinion

Louis v. Blalock

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 8, 1976No. 8738PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDS, Justice.

A take-nothing judgment was rendered non obstante veredicto in this suit seeking damages for slander of title to real property and for malicious prosecution of a civil suit. The absence of evidence to raise all of the essential elements constituting the slander of title alleged and the failure to show an interference with property by reason of the civil suit require that the judgment be affirmed.

Loy’s Building, Inc., a Texas corporation whose president and controlling stockholder is C. W. Louis, owned a tract of real property situated in Dallas County. The tract, consisting…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Reagan v. Guardian Life InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Douglass v. Panama, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Pye v. CardwellTexas Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Salado College v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Tsesmelis v. Sinton State BankTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  4. Shawnee International, N v. V. Hondo Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  5. American National Bank & Trust Co. v. First Wisconsin Mortgage TrustCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979

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