Ellis v. Waldrop

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “When investigation produces facts sufficient to satisfy a prudent inquirer that a recorded claim will not be enforced by its holder, then the inquiring party may be a bona fide purchaser, even where the document from which the claim derives remains of record.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ellis v. Waldrop
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-07-20· cited 115×
• C & C Partners v. Sun Exploration & Production Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1989-12-29· cited 88×
• Preload Technology, Inc. v. A.B. & J. Construction Company, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-01-27· cited 53×
• Ryan Mortgage Investors v. Fleming-Wood
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-04-14· cited 34×
• American Apparel Products, Inc. v. Brabs, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-07-14· cited 34×
• First City Bank-Farmers Branch v. Guex
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1983-09-23· cited 24×
• NRC, INC. v. Pickhardt
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1984-02-07· cited 15×
• J.M.R. v. A.M.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-17· cited 15×
• Porter v. Irvine
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1983-09-01· cited 12×
• Muhlbauer v. Muhlbauer
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-28· cited 12×
• Swest, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1985-05-16· cited 4×
• Jmr v. Am
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-17
• Trinity Financial Services, LLC v. Jason Mahanay and Amber Mahanay
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2022-01-27

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Davis v. Huey
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-10-04· cited 1,092×
• Glover v. Texas General Indemnity Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-06-30· cited 962×
• Butler v. Hanson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1970-06-10· cited 126×
• Puckett v. Hoover
  Texas Supreme Court· 1947-05-21· cited 54×
• Reaugh v. McCollum Exploration Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1943-01-27· cited 52×
• Wilkins v. Bain
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-20· cited 47×
• Draper v. Gochman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-02-16· cited 35×
• Reaugh v. McCollum Exploration Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1942-06-24· cited 34×
• Broady v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-08-31· cited 26×
• Del Monte Corp. v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-08· cited 23×
• Cain v. Tennessee-Louisiana Oil Company
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1964-09-24· cited 20×
• Gochman v. Draper
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1965-04-07· cited 17×
• Walker v. Ruggles
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-07-21· cited 15×
• Damstra v. Starr
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-07-03· cited 13×
• Bacon v. O'Connor
  Texas Supreme Court· 1860-07-01· cited 13×
• Mecom v. Gallagher
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1947-04-10· cited 13×
• Miller v. Patterson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-05-21· cited 10×
• Hage v. Westgate Square Commercial
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-04-24· cited 10×
• Humphrey v. Wood
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1953-01-05· cited 3×
• Sanders v. A. H. Belo Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-08-18· cited 2×