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Torts Keyed to Underwood
Tencholm v. Ratcliff
Citation:
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The defendant was a land developer who entered into an agreement with a loan company to develop and sell lots in West Plano Texas. The defendant would eventually hold a “draw meeting” to solicit local builders in the area. The meeting was attended by several builders including the plaintiff. At the meeting, the developer discussed the “Greenhollow development” and invited the builders to purchase lots in the subdivision. During the presentation, the defendant stated that a mobile home located near Greenhollow would be a future shopping center. When asked about the mobile home, the developer stated:
“Don’t worry about it, that’s zoned commercial, and that property has already been sold. Those people have been notified that their leases will not be renewed, so the park should close up sometime in April and after that, why, after they get everything moved out over there, they will come in and bulldoze it down so by June or July it will be like there’s never been a park there, and that will coincide actually just fine with the grand opening out there.”
The plaintiff decided to build several houses on the lot. However, the mobile home was not moved by the time the houses were for sale. The Greenhollow subdivision did poorly.
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