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BLOUNT-DECKER LUMBER v. FARMERS' LUMBER

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.
Apr 3, 1919
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LEVY, J. (after stating the facts as above).

A sale procured by fraud or misrepsentation may be avoided by the seller, and the property retaken by him as his own. Morrison v. Adoue, 76 Tex. 255, 13 S.W. 166; Johnson v. Stratton, 6 Tex. Civ. App. 431, 25 S.W. 683; Parlin Orendorff v. Harrell, 8 Tex. Civ. App. 368, 27 S.W. 1084. And where the goods remain with the purchaser, as here, the right of the seller to retake them is superior to the claim of an attaching creditor; for the subsequent attaching creditor obtains no better right to the property than the fraudulent purchaser. Ensign v. Hoffield (Pa.) 4 A. 189; Starch Factory v. Landrum, 57 Iowa 573, 10 N.W. 900, 42 Am.Rep. 53; Taylor v. Mississippi Mills, 47 Ark. 247, 1 S.W. 283.

The judgment is reversed, and judgment is here rendered in favor of the appellant, with all costs.