Legal Information
Counsel’s Corner:
DO NON-REPRESENTATION PROVISIONS REALLY WORK?
by Stuart Lautin, Esq.
My son Jon Lautin is in law school at Boston University. He wrote this, and it is reprinted here with his permission.
Fraud is bad, and courts don’t like it.
Franceso Secchi and his wife Jane Secchi opened a restaurant called Italian Cowboy in Keystone Shopping Center, in Dallas. The land and building was owned by Prudential Insurance Company and had been previously leased to Hudson’s Grill. Evidently Hudson’s struggled to pay rent, and vacated. More.
Stuart A. Lautin, Esq.* Counsel to NTCAR
Higier Allen & Lautin, PC
5057 Keller Springs Road, Suite 600, Addison Texas 75001
P: 972.716.1888 | E: slautin@higierallen.com | W: www.higierallen.com
* Board Certified, Commercial (1989) and Residential (1988) Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Previous Counsel’s Corners Articles:
FOR SALE CHEAP – 545 ACRES IN WOOD COUNTY
SPECIAL ALERT!! Adverse Possession Claimants Enter North Texas Residential Markets
Have You Hugged Your Lawyer Today?
Real Estate Deal Must be Written… Are You Sure?
Jury Decisions are Inviolate… Right?
Oral Agreements are Unenforceable… Right or Wrong?
Land Use Clause V. Legally Fulfilling Clause
Move Your Residence or Business Near the Airport at Your Own Peril
Buyer Beware: Always Check Vesting Deeds
Be Careful with Contract Definitions
No Contract + No License = No Commission
100% Interest May Not Always be Usurious
