Legal Opinion
Yarbrough v. Cooper
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 20, 1977No. 1556PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CIRE, Justice.
This double appeal is from a judgment (1) rescinding certain transactions for the purchase of bank stock; (2) awarding actual and exemplary damages for failure to provide a tax shelter; and (3) recognizing the existence of a constructive trust and creditor’s lien on shares of bank stock, but refusing to enforce the trust and foreclose the lien.
Plaintiff R. L. Cooper and intervenor D. W. Ford sued defendants D. B. Yarbrough and Greater Houston Bank, alleging inter alia that Yarbrough had fraudulently induced Cooper and Ford to enter into and fund a transaction for the purchase of…
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