R & L Investment Property, L.L.C. v. Hamm
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff-appellant, purchaser of real property, seeks only damages resulting from alleged fraudulent misrepresentations. We hold that the purchaser, with full knowledge of the alleged fraud, ratified the purchase and sale of the property. Such ratification foreclosed the purchaser’s right to damages, because the purchaser received the benefit of its bargain. We thus AFFIRM.
R & L Investment Property, L.L.C. (“R & L”) purchased property from Guy and Joyce Hamm (the “Hamms”), which their broker Upchurch1 advertised as develop*147ment-ready with an active…
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