Gordon v. West Houston Trees, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that conveyance is valid where grantor and grantee can be ascertained from instrument as whole
• stating that grantor must sign and acknowledge deed
• transfer from previous owner to trust, apparently predating sale of land at execution sale, created cloud on execution-sale purchaser’s title
• “Language in an instrument that contemplates future action is not language that contemplates a completed transaction in land.”
• agreement failed to demonstrate present intent of parties to convey title when agreement contained language expressing clear intent that several future actions be taken prior to 8 completing conveyance, including title search

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hurd v. Bac Home Loans Servicing, LP
  N.D. Texas· 2012-03-29· cited 59×
• I-10 Colony, Inc. v. Chao Kuan Lee, Li Yang Lee, Li Hsiang Chang
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-12-28· cited 46×
• Michel Salomon and Malena Salomon v. Isabelle (Salomon) Lesay, and Khalaf S. Khalaf
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2012-03-30· cited 44×
• Coleman v. Bank of New York Mellon
  N.D. Texas· 2013-09-04· cited 28×
• Drake Interiors, L.L.C. v. Andrea Marie Thomas & Robert Warren Thomas
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-05-29· cited 24×
• Robert Burton v. Wayman L. Prince, Nafisa Yaqoob, Independent Management & Investment LLC and Leawood Homeowners Association, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2019-03-07· cited 24×
• Miller v. Citimortgage, Inc.
  N.D. Texas· 2013-09-05· cited 24×
• Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. v. Cowin (In re Cowin)
  S.D. Texas· 2013-04-25· cited 23×
• Green v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  N.D. Texas· 2013-04-08· cited 16×
• Fowler v. U.S. Bank, National Ass'n
  S.D. Texas· 2014-03-04· cited 13×
• John W. Hankins v. Sarah T. Harris
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2016-07-26· cited 12×
• DTND Sierra Investments LLC v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co.
  W.D. Texas· 2013-07-26· cited 9×
• Texas West End, Inc v. City of Dallas, Texas Historical Commission
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-04-15· cited 4×
• Davis v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2014-03-03· cited 3×
• Austin v. Coface Seguro de Credito Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-12-13· cited 2×
• MCT Energy, Ltd. v. Kevin Collins, and Beneficiary of the Estate of Linda Lou Collins
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2014-11-07
• Drake Interiors, L.L.C. v. Andrea Marie Thomas & Robert Warren Thomas
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-04-03
• Herman Dwayne Everett v. Dyna Graciela Arreola
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-04-29
• in the Interest of D.M., a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-06-25
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-12-21

Cites

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

• City of Keller v. Wilson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-06-10· cited 10,088×
• Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp Advisors, Inc. v. Fielding
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-04-17· cited 1,889×
• MacK Trucks, Inc. v. Tamez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-10-27· cited 1,656×
• Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. v. Steel
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-07-01· cited 1,513×
• Centeq Realty, Inc. v. Siegler
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-05-25· cited 1,282×
• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. Mayes
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-06-15· cited 1,112×
• Spoljaric v. Percival Tours, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-03-19· cited 635×
• Luckel v. White
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-01-08· cited 392×
• Martin v. Amerman
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-02-13· cited 323×
• Little v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-10-15· cited 320×
• Hahn v. Love
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-12-12· cited 214×
• Chau v. Riddle
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-05-16· cited 159×
• Sauceda v. GMAC Mortgage Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2008-08-26· cited 138×
• Thomson v. Locke
  Texas Supreme Court· 1886-06-04· cited 125×
• Southwest Guaranty Trust Co. v. Hardy Road 13.4 Joint Venture
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-12-03· cited 89×
• Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, L.L.P. v. Old TJC Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-08-08· cited 78×
• Bell v. Ott
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-09-25· cited 77×
• Longoria v. Lasater
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2009-05-01· cited 67×
• Gary E. Patterson & Associates, P.C. v. Holub
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-01-10· cited 65×
• Cherokee Water Co. v. Freeman
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2000-12-05· cited 59×