Court Opinion

ID: 9648568
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:27:01.607177+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:02.982541
License: Public Domain

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice
(dissenting). ' '■ •
I do not concur in the opinion of the majority. Joseph P. Magee, Jr., and his wife, Wanda F. Magee, agreed in writing, in substance, that in any event the holder or holders of the indebtedness should have a valid and subsisting lien for the full amount of material and labor actually furnished in the construction of their home.
This written contract meets all the requirements of Article 16, Section 50, of the Texas Constitution and Art. 5460, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats., and should be enforced as written. 22 Tex.Jur., § 223, pp. 322, 323; North American Building & Loan Ass’n v. Bell, 88 S.W.2d 633.
Otherwise the Magees will receive a house, found by the jury to be worth $12,000, for which they cannot be required to pay one cent. This would clearly constitute unjust enrichment. I think the judgment of, the trial court should be affirmed.