Legal Opinion
Tezel & Cotter v. Roark
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 20, 1957No. 13129PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
This is an interpleader suit brought to determine priorities to certain funds tendered into court. The dispute concerns the rights of various creditors arising out of a contract to construct improvements on a homestead. Guy Fredet Spencer contracted to erect improvements upon the homestead of Ralph E. Fair and wife. Fair executed the written contract, but his wife did not. For a lien to arise on the homestead her signature is required. Art. 5460, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats. After construction began but before the contract was completed, Spencer, the contractor, went to Frost…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Citizens National Bank v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1941
- Texas Glass & Paint Co. v. CrowdusTexas Supreme Court · 1917
- Colleps v. George W. Smith Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Scarborough v. Victoria Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Keeran v. SalleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Corpus Christi Bank and Trust v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1975
- Peter T. Ribaudo, Trustee of Visser Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc., Bankrupt v. Citizens National Bank of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- University State Bank v. Gifford-Hill Concrete Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- In the Matter of Russell Durwood Daves, Debtor, Republicbank, Lubbock, N.A. v. Russell Durwood DavesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Allied Bank of Texas v. Plaza Deville AssociatesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
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