Legal Opinion

Davis v. Grammer

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1988No. C-6421PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This suit was brought by petitioners, the Davises, for reformation of a deed. The trial court rendered judgment that the Davises take nothing, and the court of appeals affirmed. 727 S.W.2d 18 (Tex.App.1987). The issue is did the Davises preserve error as to whether fraudulent conduct that has no connection with the property description sought to be reformed can be made the basis of an “unclean hands” defense. The court of appeals held that the Davises would have been entitled to relief if they had properly preserved points of error on this issue. We find that such error was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Thalman v. MartinTexas Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Grohn v. MarquardtCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Warren v. OsborneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  4. Williams v. Cambridge Companies, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Cambridge Companies, Inc. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980

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3Cited by61 opinions

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  2. Lawyers Title Insurance v. Doubletree Partners, L.P.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  3. Atlantic Lloyds Insurance Co. v. Butler, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
  4. Gus H. Comiskey, III A/K/A Trey Comiskey and TC3, Inc. v. FH Partners, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2012
  5. New York Party Shuttle, LLC v. John Bilello, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013

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