Legal Opinion
McCreary v. Bay Area Bank & Trust
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided July 26, 2001No. 14-00-00156-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUDSON, Justice.
Appellants are customers of Bay Area Bank & Trust (now operating as Horizon Capital Bank). When the bank allegedly breached its deposit agreement with appellants, a class action suit was brought against the bank under a variety of contract and tort claims. Because the only contested issue is the interpretation of the deposit agreement, the bank sought summary judgment. The trial court granted the bank’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
The summary judgment proof indicates that in 1983 the bank began to run the following advertisement:
10% RETURN
Guaranteed for Life…
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- Sage Street Associates v. Northdale Construction Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by29 opinions
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