Supreme Court of Texas

A private cause of action is not available against a seller who violates the Texas Property Code, which requires a seller to record and transfer a deed within thirty days of final payment, if the transaction took place before the 2001.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/14/2004
• Decided 12/03/2004
• Published 12/03/2004

Judges

• Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, and Justice MEDINA joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bryan H. Hall, Richard & Hall, P.C., El Paso, Jeffery B. Thompson, Alto, NM, for petitioner., Deborah G. Hankinson, Rick Thompson, Law Office of Deborah Hankinson, PC, Dallas, for amicus curiae Texas Financial Services Association., Greg Abbott, Atty. Gen., Danica Lynn Milios, Barry Ross McBee, Edward D. Burbach, Rafael Edward Cruz, Office of Atty. Gen., Austin, for amicus curiae State of Texas., Michael S. Lee, The Lee Firm, Corpus Christi, for amicus curiae Jose Torres.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony C. Aguilar, Law Office of Tony Aguilar, El Paso, for respondent.