WILSON v. LEE

No. 20272.

601 S.W.2d 483 (1980)

Robert J. WILSON, Gerald Froneberger and Mayer W. Perloff, Appellants, v. Keith A. LEE, Jr., Max Williams, Claude R. McClennahan and William M. Best, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

May 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Generes, H. Wayne Meachum, Denton & Generes, Dallas, for appellants.

Frederick J. Fowler, Patrick F. McGowan, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, for appellees.

Before ROBERTSON, CARVER and HUMPHREYS, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

This appeal challenges a summary judgment which held that a joint venture interest in raw land, purchased by investors whose sole expectations of profit or appreciation rests upon market inflation and not upon the managerial or entrepreneurial efforts of others, was not a "security" under the Securities Act. We affirm.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, asserted a cause of action against the appellees under the Securities Act. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat...

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