Garcia v. Robinson

Texas Supreme Court

Garcia v. Robinson

817 S.W.2d 59, 1991 WL 206851

CourtTexas Supreme Court

DecidedNovember 20, 1991

DocketD-0949

StatusPublished

Cited by24 cases

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Garcia v. Robinson, 817 S.W.2d 59, 1991 WL 206851 (Tex. 1991).

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ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

Under common law, a creditor’s acceptance of a check bearing the notation “in full payment” or similar language operates as an accord and satisfaction. See Industrial Life Insurance Co. v. Finley, 382 S.W.2d 100, 106 (Tex.1964). Petitioner Ramon Garcia asks us to decide whether Tex. Bus. & Com.Code § 1.207 abrogates this common-law rule. The court of appeals held that it does, and reversed summary judgment in favor of Garcia. 804 S.W.2d 238. The court of appeals should not have reached this issue, however, because the Robinsons did not raise it in the trial court or brief it on appeal. See Tex.R.Civ.P. 166a(c); Vawter v. Garvey, 786 S.W.2d 263 (Tex.1990). We neither approve nor disapprove of the court of appeals’ discussion or resolution of this question.

Although the court of appeals decided the case on improper grounds, there is no reversible error in its judgment. Accordingly, we deny both parties’ applications for writ of error.

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ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

Under common law, a creditor’s acceptance of a check bearing the notation “in full payment” or similar language operates as an accord and satisfaction. See Industrial Life Insurance Co. v. Finley, 382 S.W.2d 100, 106 (Tex.1964). Petitioner Ramon Garcia asks us to decide whether Tex. Bus. & Com.Code § 1.207 abrogates this common-law rule. The court of appeals held that it does, and reversed summary judgment in favor of Garcia. 804 S.W.2d 238. The court of appeals should not have reached this issue, however, because the Robinsons did not raise it in the trial court or brief it on appeal. See Tex.R.Civ.P. 166a(c); Vawter v. Garvey, 786 S.W.2d 263 (Tex.1990). We neither approve nor disapprove of the court of appeals’ discussion or resolution of this question.

Although the court of appeals decided the case on improper grounds, there is no reversible error in its judgment. Accordingly, we deny both parties’ applications for writ of error.

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