Wilde v. Liedtke’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “As we view appellee's pleadings, the evidence and the trial court's judgment, the case it bottomed upon rescission of a contract for failure to comply with warranties which appellant made to appellee at the time of sale. The testimony is sufficient to support the trial court's judgment and the only question before us is as to whether appellant's theory is correct, that is, was the transaction between him and appellee void under Section 53 of the Certificate of Title Act, Vernon's Penal Code, Article 1436-1, which reads as follows: `All sales made in violation of this Act shall be void and no title shall pass until the privisions of this Act have been complied with.' "Under Rule 94, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the burden was on appellant to not only plead but also prove illegality of the contract. See Reid v. Associated Employers Lloyds, Tex.Civ.App., 164 S.W.2d 584 , writ refused; Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Craighead, Tex.Civ.App., 168 S.W.2d 699 , writ refused, w. m.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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