Legal Opinion

Cornish v. Yarbrough

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 8, 1977No. 5737PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES, Justice.

This is a suit for reformation of a warranty deed on the ground of mutual mistake. Plaintiff-Appellees Leonard 0. Yarb-rough and wife brought this suit against Defendant-Appellants Clarence Jack Harris and wife and Charles Cornish and wife, to reform a warranty deed executed by the Yarbroughs to the Harrises because of the omission of a vendor’s lien occasioned by an error of the scrivener. The Yarbroughs further sued for title and possession of the subject property based upon their being purchasers of the property from a trustee’s sale concerning the omitted lien. The…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Chace v. GreggTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Talley v. HowsleyTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Talley v. HowsleyTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Clark, Admr. v. GaunttTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  5. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. CulwellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hatch v. Williams, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2003
  2. Henderson v. Henderson, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1985
  3. Gail v. Berry, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2011
  4. Hardy v. BennefieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2012
  5. Kirby v. HollandNebraska Supreme Court · 1982

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