Opinion ID: 501842
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Deprivation of Property Rights

Text: 24 Plaintiff alleges that various defendants entered the Farm, trespassed, and destroyed real and personal property. The alleged entries and destruction, however, occurred well after the Lender became the owner of the Farm. As a result, unless the Lender's foreclosure was somehow invalid, the defendants could not have deprived Plaintiff of any property right. 25 Although Plaintiff does not question any of the specifics regarding the manner of the Lender's foreclosure, he did argue that the Texas nonjudicial foreclosure law is unconstitutional. The Lender foreclosed under the provisions of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 3810 (Vernon 1966). 8 Article 3810 has been in effect, without substantial change, for many years and this court has previously found the statute constitutional. 9 We find that Plaintiff did not present any evidence that the Lender's foreclosure was invalid. Because Plaintiff cannot state a claim under Sec. 1983 for deprivation of rights that he does not have in property that he no longer owns, a directed verdict on this Sec. 1983 claim is proper.