Coffman v. Brannen’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1995
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brock v. Jones · Terry v. Witherspoon · Holland Texas Hypotheek Bank v. Broocks · 23 Tex. Civ. App. 10 - Rugely v. Moore, Sheriff · Dawson v. William D. Miller's Adm'r
Most-quoted passages
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““According to the record the attempted sale by the trustee . . . is a nullity, because of a failure to comply with the requirements of the statute of frauds. The statute of frauds applies to sales in mortgages. Rugely v. Moore, 23 Tex.Civ.App. 10 , 54 S.W. 379 ; Dawson v. Miller, 20 Tex. 171 , 70 Am.Dec. 380; Brock v. Jones, 8 Tex. 78 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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