Austin Lake Estates, Inc. v. Meyer

O’QUINN, Justice.

The facts of this case in epitome are that appellant in February of 1965 sold an unimproved lot in Austin Lake Estates subdivision to appellees and subsequently, in 1970, without the knowledge or consent of appel-lees, sold the same lot to a third party, receiving a valuable consideration in each sale.

Appellees did not place their deed of record, and the second sale of the lot, upon which the second buyer made valuable improvements without knowledge of the first sale, deprived appellees of their property. Appellees brought suit for damages and, alternatively, for imposition…