R & L INV. PROPERTY, L.L.C. v. HAMM

No. 12-10299.

715 F.3d 145 (2013)

R & L INVESTMENT PROPERTY, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Guy HAMM; Joyce Hamm; Earnest Upchurch; Kathy Hobbs; Upchurch Century 21 Real Estate, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Richard McLean (argued), Jeff M. Meyerson , Meyerson Cagle, P.C., Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory P. Standerfer (argued), Standerfer Law Firm, Southlake, TX, Mary Kopecky Ludwick , Ludwick & Associates, Kai Peter Hecker (argued), Campbell & Chadwick, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant, purchaser of real property, seeks only damages resulting from alleged fraudulent misrepresentations. We hold that the purchaser, with full knowledge of the alleged fraud, ratified the purchase and sale of the property. Such ratification foreclosed the purchaser's right to damages, because the purchaser received the benefit of its bargain. We thus AFFIRM.

R & L Investment Property, L.L.C. ("R &...

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