Chastain v. Cooper & Reed

How courts have described this case

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• holding that absent an express agreement, novation is a question of fact
• holding that absent an express agreement, novation is a question of fact
• holding evidence of conduct and acts of parties established intent that contract with new party constituted novation and release of former debtor as matter of law
• holding evidence of conduct and acts of parties established intent that contract with new party constituted novation and release of former debtor as matter of law
• holding evidence of conduct and acts of parties established intent that contract with new party constituted novation and release of former debtor as matter of law
• indicating that where a novation occurs, the doctrine discharges the obligations of the parties under the original agreement so that only their obligations under their new agreement are enforceable

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Cited by

83 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rourke v. Garza
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-11-05· cited 342×
• Ames v. Great Southern Bank
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 164×
• Gaines v. Kelly
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-08-24· cited 151×
• Douglass v. Panama, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1974-01-09· cited 138×
• Biggs v. United States Fire Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-01-28· cited 105×
• Reliant Energy Services, Inc. v. Cotton Valley Compression, L.L.C.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-02-10· cited 84×
• Transource International, Inc. v. Trinity Industries, Inc., a Texas Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-02-21· cited 63×
• Goldman, Mark & Caroline v. Olmstead, Jeffrey & Summer, Sandra Hewett, NRT Texas, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-10-24· cited 55×
• Kerrville HRH, Inc. v. City of Kerrville
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1990-12-19· cited 54×
• Behring International, Inc. v. Greater Houston Bank
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1983-10-20· cited 52×
• Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-08-14· cited 47×
• Bath Junkie Franchise, Inc. v. Hygiene, L.L.C.
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2008-02-07· cited 39×
• Fulcrum Central v. AutoTester, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2003-03-17· cited 37×
• Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-10-31· cited 26×
• Longoria v. Atlantic Gulf Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-09-21· cited 25×
• Hyatt Cheek Builders-Engineers Co. v. Board of Regents
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-07-29· cited 24×
• Templeton v. Nocona Hills Owners Assn., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1977-08-30· cited 24×
• Allstate Insurance Company v. Clarke
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1971-09-23· cited 19×
• Flanagan v. Martin
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1994-07-27· cited 19×
• Almar-York Co. v. Fort Worth National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1964-01-17· cited 18×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Trefethen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1892-10-19· cited 199×
• Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance v. Wear
  Texas Supreme Court· 1952-10-01· cited 98×
• Whitlow v. Durst
  California Supreme Court· 1942-07-09· cited 69×
• Burlington-Rock Island Railroad v. Ellison
  Texas Supreme Court· 1943-01-06· cited 50×
• Ayoob v. Ayoob
  California Court of Appeal· 1946-04-29· cited 28×
• Southland Life Ins. Co. v. Greenwade
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1940-06-27· cited 26×
• Cooper Grocery Co. v. Strange
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1929-06-28· cited 25×
• McElwrath v. City of McGregor
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1933-03-16· cited 19×
• Watt's Administrator v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1933-10-13· cited 17×
• Ex parte Blumer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1865-07-01· cited 16×
• Scott v. Atchison
  Texas Supreme Court· 1873-07-01· cited 9×
• Chastain v. Cooper & Reed
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1952-06-20· cited 8×

Other cases named Chastain v. Cooper & Reed

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Chastain v. Cooper & Reed
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1952-06-20· cited 8×