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· 2/16/1972

Morrow v. Shotwell

Citations

  • 477 S.W.2d 538
  • 15 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 196
  • 1972 Tex. LEXIS 196

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the requirement of a written memorandum was not satisfied even though the record demonstrated the parties’ knowledge and intent, and the property’s location and boundaries were identified on a plat made from extrinsic evidence
  • remanding in the interest of justice rather than rendering a take- nothing judgment when the plaintiff “tried his case on a wrong theory”
  • finding reformation appropriate remedy in interest of justice
  • description of tract, survey, and county insufficient
  • wrong legal theory in first trial

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Judges: Calvert

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