AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE CO. OF MIAMI, FLA. v. BYRD

No. 11166.

376 S.W.2d 785 (1964)

AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, et al., Appellants, v. L. Tonnett BYRD et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Sloan, L. Hamilton Lowe, Patrick W. Thompson, Austin, for appellants.

Kuykendall & Kuykendall, Austin, for appellees.


ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court without a jury for $16,245.00, growing out of a suit for damages for alleged fraud, occasioned by the issuance of a title policy commitment by the appellants, whereby the appellants, defendants below, represented that they would issue a title policy upon a tract of land in Hays County, Texas.

Appellees sought to recover damages as provided under the terms of Article 4004, Vernon's...

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