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PERRY v. STEWART TITLE CO.

No. 83-2552.

756 F.2d 1197 (1985)

Robert B. PERRY and Linda T. Perry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. STEWART TITLE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Federal National Mortgage Association, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant. Hammond Mortgage Corp., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schleider & Francis, Paul S. Francis, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees.

DeLange, Hudspeth, Pitman & Katz, Charles E. Fitch, Ben A. Baring, Houston, Tex., for Stewart Title Co., Stewart Guaranty & D. Walters.

David C. DuBose, Houston, Tex., for Hammond Mortg. Corp.

Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, Nathan L. Hecht, Harriet Miers, Robert M. Candee, Dallas, Tex., Morris, McCanne, Tinsley, Snowden, Ellis & Wilson, Paul R. Tinsley, Houston, Tex., for Federal Nat. Mortg. Assn.

Crain, Caton, James & Womble, Thomas B. Greene, III, Houston, Tex., for Greiner, Greiner Const. Co.

G. Alan Kramer, Dale C. Scott, Houston, Tex., for Friendswood Development Co.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The creative efforts of plaintiff Robert Perry, a lawyer, and the intransigence of ten defendants turned this relatively simple breach of contract/tort case involving the sale of a residence into a enormously expensive brouhaha for all of the parties. Robert and Linda Perry purchased a $70,000 home and learned that part of their driveway and garage encroached upon an underground utility easement. They sought to rescind their earnest...

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