If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.114
CONTRADICTORY TERMS OF INSTRUMENT
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 1–12 (616 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Houston Exploration Co. v. Wellington Underwriting Agencies, Ltd. (2011)
Most recently applied in Charles R. Tips Family Trust, Hazel W. Tips Family Trust and Charles T. Watkins v. PB Commercial LLC (February 2015)
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.