Holloman v. Denson’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Under the plain meaning of [Finance Code] section 156.406(b), the damages that an aggrieved person may recover are “damages in an amount that is not less than the amount of the fee or profit received and not to exceed three times the amount of the fee or profit received, as may be determined by the court.” Act of May 25, 1999, 1999 Tex. Gen. Laws at 4346. An “aggrieved person” may recover these damages based upon the mortgage broker’s receipt of “money, or the equivalent of money, as a fee or profit because of or in consequence of the person acting as a mortgage broker or loan officer without an active license or being exempt under [Chapter 156].” Id. Because this is the conduct by which the claimant is aggrieved, we conclude that to be an aggrieved person under section 156.406(b), the claimant must have paid all or part of the fee or profit to the unlicensed mortgage broker or loan officer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brian Shanklin and Todd Rimmer v. Bassoe Offshore (USA), Inc., Mike Smith, and Jonathan Fairbanks

2. “A person hiring a real estate agent is seeking to employ services of an expert who has been tested and found to be such, and, if unknown to him, he gets a person who has not been tested and found to be an expert, but is charged the full commission rate, that person has suffered a loss since he did not get what he was paying for.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brian Shanklin and Todd Rimmer v. Bassoe Offshore (USA), Inc., Mike Smith, and Jonathan Fairbanks