State v. Clevenger

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an option is “a mere right of election acquired by one under a contract to accept or reject a present offer within the time therein fixed”
• comparable sales were subsequent to the date of taking, but there was evidence that there was no significant rise in prices in the interim
• although contract for sale of land not consummated because purchaser forfeited earnest money placed in escrow, it was ruled admissible as a comparable sale upon which condemnees’ expert could rely in valuing condemned land
• “It was an enforceable contract in that the seller could be compelled to deed the property and the buyer could be compelled to forfeit the $5,000.00 as liquidated damages if he refused to put up the balance of the cash purchase money and consummate the sale”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Moore v. Bank Midwest, N.A.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2001-02-15· cited 52×
• Casa El Sol-Acapulco, S.A. v. Fontenot
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-05-02· cited 45×
• Faucette v. Chantos
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-09-23· cited 43×
• Redding v. Ferguson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-11-02· cited 35×
• State Roads Commission v. Wyvill
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-10-13· cited 19×
• Arnold v. Maine State Highway Commission
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1971-11-11· cited 15×
• Western Michigan University Board of Trustees v. Slavin
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 10×
• City of Phoenix v. Clauss
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-03-08· cited 9×
• Carlton Energy Group, LLC v. Gene E. Phillips, Individually and D/B/A Phillips Oil Interest, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2012-02-14· cited 9×
• WEST. MICH. UNIV. BD. v. Slavin
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 6×
• Pace v. Garcia
  W.D. Texas· 1986-04-03· cited 3×
• State v. Jasdeep Singh Chana, Manjit Singh Chana and Amar Pal Singh Chana
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-02· cited 3×
• Harris County Flood Control District v. H. Ben Taub, Kitchco Realty, LTD., Metco Realty, LTD., and Texan Land and Cattle II, LTD
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-08-25· cited 3×
• State v. Resolution Trust Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-01· cited 3×
• Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Westside Investment Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1967-09-20· cited 2×
• State v. Hill
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1970-02-11· cited 2×
• H. Frank Faucette and J. Lawrence Schadler v. Grace C. Chantos and A.J. Chantos & Associates, Inc. D/B/A Sarco of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-09-23
• Tim P. Dittman and Debbie L. Dittman v. Anthony A. Cerone and Ootzie Properties - Hou, LLC Formerly Named Ootzie of Texas, Llc
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2013-10-31
• Jason Hendershot A/K/A Jason Hendershott v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2013-03-07
• Gary Hodge and Robert Hart III v. Stephen Kraft Ind. and as Member on Behalf of Grupo Habanero LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-04-14

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re King's Estate
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-12-05· cited 4,309×
• Dennis v. Hulse
  Texas Supreme Court· 1962-11-21· cited 136×
• State v. Oakley
  Texas Supreme Court· 1962-03-28· cited 75×
• Hanks v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 1959-01-14· cited 44×
• Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1920-05-17· cited 37×
• Loumparoff v. Housing Authority of City of Dallas
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1953-07-24· cited 27×
• Robards v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1955-12-14· cited 26×
• Knox v. Brown
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1925-11-04· cited 25×
• City of Dallas v. Holcomb
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1964-06-26· cited 18×
• State v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1962-05-08· cited 14×
• Taub v. Houston Independent School District
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1960-09-09· cited 6×