Legal Opinion

Texas American Bank/West Side v. Haven

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 18, 1987No. 2-87-003-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BURDOCK, Justice

This appeal challenges the authority of a family law court to issue a temporary injunction requested by a receiver to prevent a secured third party from foreclosing on real estate pursuant to a deed of trust.

We affirm.

Some time after the filing of William Hickman’s petition for divorce, but more than a month before the divorce was granted, the trial judge appointed appellee, G.O. Haven, as receiver, to sell the Hickmans’ home. The Hickmans’ divorce decree, signed October 30, 1986, provided that Haven was to continue to try to sell the house. Shortly after the divorce…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Davis v. HueyTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Palmer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. First Southern Properties, Inc. v. ValloneTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Ex Parte BrittonTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Kirby v. Dilworth & MarshallTexas Commission of Appeals · 1924

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Daniels v. Pecan Valley Ranch, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1992
  2. Ward v. Mid-South Home ServiceTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Jerry Byrom, Dimple Byrom, and Dorothy Berry v. Jill Campbell Penn, in Her Capacity as Court Appointed Receiver, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2019

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