SHEEHAN v. ADAMS

No. 05-08-01340-CV.

320 S.W.3d 890 (2010)

Mary Lou SHEEHAN, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Bruce E. ADAMS, Sammi J. Adams, Appellees, and Lori Arnold d/b/a Coldwell Banker Apex Realtors, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

August 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Michael Ruback , The Ruback Law Firm, Dallas, TX, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Russell H. Daniels , Bush & Motes, PC, Arlington, TX, Steven K. Terry , Newsom, Terry & Newsom, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before Justices MORRIS, LANG, and MURPHY.


OPINION

Opinion By Justice MURPHY.

We must determine in this appeal whether legally sufficient evidence supports a jury's statutory fraud and DTPA verdict in favor of Mary Lou Sheehan, the purchaser of a twenty-year old house located in Mesquite, Texas. Applying well-established law that a vital fact may not be established by piling inference upon inference, we conclude the evidence was legally insufficient to support the verdict. Accordingly, the trial...

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