Legal Opinion
Spring Branch Bank v. Mengden
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 31, 1981No. A2616PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUNELL, Justice.
Appellants Spring Branch Bank and James C. Winters appeal from judgment in favor of appellee Walter H. Mengden, Sr., plaintiff in the court below in a suit to recover a portion of the attorneys’ fees paid by appellee in order to avoid foreclosure on oil and gas properties. We reverse and remand.
Mengden borrowed $575,000 from Spring Branch Bank and executed a promissory note in that amount. The note was secured by deed of trust covering a working interest in oil and gas property located in Dewitt, Gonzales, and Harris Counties, Texas. The note, which had been prepared by…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Kuper v. SchmidtTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- F. R. Hernandez Construction & Supply Co. v. National Bank of Commerce of BrownsvilleTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Ward v. ScarboroughTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Sanders v. Republic National Bank of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Hs Resources, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Jim R. Wingate, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Richard Kucel, Cross-Appellant v. Walter E. Heller & Co., Cross-Appellee. Richard Kucel v. Walter E. Heller & Co., Appeal of Wendell S. LoomisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Keenan v. Gibraltar Savings Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Texas South Rentals, Inc. v. Gomez, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2008
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