FIRST AMERICAN TITLE CO. v. PRATA

No. 08-88-00235-CV.

783 S.W.2d 697 (1989)

FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF EL PASO and Coronado State Bank, Appellants, v. Sylvia V. PRATA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled January 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Hughes, Grambling & Mounce, James T. McNutt, James R. Dennis, Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger and Thurmond, El Paso, Larry E. Meyer, Meyer & Cribbs, P.C., Houston, for appellants.

Gordon Stewart, Schwartz, Earp, McClure, Cohen & Stewart, El Paso, for appellee.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and FULLER and WOODARD, JJ.


OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by the owner of a house who lost a possible sale when the prospective buyer learned of pending condemnation proceedings which had been filed prior to the owner's purchase of the property from the Bank. The owner sued the Bank for damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the company which issued the title policy under the Texas Insurance Code. Based upon a favorable jury verdict, judgment was entered...

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