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- Title: Bookout v. Bookout
- Author : In the Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
- Release Date : January 10, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
For seven years, Cris Bookout thought he had a deal to purchase the Bookout Chiropractic Center (Clinic) for which Cris was the sole practicing chiropractor. In 1994, a document styled "Contract for Deed" had been created---but never signed---detailing terms of what might become Cris purchase from his brother, Danford Bookout (Dan), and Dans wife, Phyllis, of real and personal property constituting the Clinic. Between July 1994 and August 2001, Cris had arranged for payments totaling $3,000.00 per month---the amount specified in the unsigned "Contract"---to Dan and Phyllis. Those payments had been made from Bookout Chiropractic Center, Inc. (Corporation), the entity through which Cris ran the Clinic during those years, but an entity owned by Dan and Phyllis. In August 2001, Cris and Dan had a disagreement; Cris was fired as an employee of the Corporation; and Cris sued Dan, Phyllis, and the Corporation for breach of the Contract. A jury found that Cris had a contract with Dan, Phyllis, and the Corporation; that the contract had not been honored by Dan, Phyllis, and the Corporation; and that Cris should recover damages and attorneys fees against all three. On appeal, the three defendants assert that the statute of frauds bars recovery and that no, or insufficient, evidence exists of any involvement in the Contract by Phyllis or the Corporation.