U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Sylvia Zepeda v. Federal Home Loan Mtge Corp.
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- Opinion
- Filed
- Aug. 15, 2019
- Case
- Sylvia Zepeda v. Federal Home Loan Mtge Corp.
- Case status
- Decided
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JAMES C. HO, Circuit Judge: To protect homeowners, the Texas Constitution imposes a number of requirements before a lender may execute a deed of trust on a homestead to secure a loan. See generally TEX. CONST. art. XVI, § 50. At the same time, Texas courts have on various occasions allowed lenders to invoke the doctrine of equitable subrogation to obtain partial repa…
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