· 12/1/1980
Mrs. Frania Tye Lee v. Ray Lee Hunt, of the Estate of H. L. Hunt v. Hugh S. Hunt
Citations
- 631 F.2d 1171
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 11849
How courts have described this case
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- noting that all parties to the settlement agreement, save for one, and the property at issue were located in Texas
- “Under Texas law, the interpretation of an unambiguous contract — as well as the determination of whether or not a contract is ambiguous — is a legal question.”
- the affirmative defense of economic duress requires showing (1) the opposing party’s threat of unlawful action, (2) a fraud or deception, (3) sufficient to destroy the victim’s free agency
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Judges: Gee, Rubin, Randall
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