Legal Opinion
Casstevens v. Smith
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided November 18, 2008No. 06-07-00116-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice CARTER.
Ann Casstevens and her husband 1 were defrauded by their neighbors, Roger and Natalie Carroll, when they bought the Carrolls’ house. Even though the Cas-stevenses paid the Carrolls $34,000 in cash and executed a note for $90,000 to the Carrolls and received a warranty deed, they were not informed that the Carrolls still owed two debts on the house — an original note to a bank for $88,800 and a second lien to the prior owners, Richard and Mary Campbell, for $18,200. Apparently no title history search was conducted. The Casstevenses made monthly payments to the…
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