Yes, you can sue your real estate agent, broker or realtor to recover money as a result of negligence or misrepresentations Hector Chavana Jr. is a real estate broker and licensed attorney, and he is licensed to practice all over Texas. The vast majority of real estate agents and Texas Realtors are honest and competent. […]
When a new law affects a bank’s right to foreclose, the bank may argue that the law, applied retroactively infringes a vested right to foreclose. Of course generally banks have the right to foreclose, so let’s be clear: none of this reasoning applies, unless a new law prohibits foreclosure of a previously signed deed of […]
This is the text from PNS Stores, Inc. v. Rivera, 379 S.W.3d 267, 271–73 (Tex. 2012): Because there is some inconsistency in our state’s jurisprudence concerning important distinctions between void and voidable judgments and direct and collateral attacks, we begin our analysis with a discussion of clarifying principles. It is well settled that a litigant may attack a void judgment directly or collaterally, but a voidable judgment may only be attacked directly. Hagen v. […]
Generally, in an unambiguous deed, parol evidence cannot be used to ascertain the intent of the parties, so a warranty deed will be held to be a purchase and not a gift, and gift deed will be a gift. Parol evidence will not be received to contradict the instrument. This can have consequences related to […]
