1946, no writ). 20 . 113 S.W.2d 1018 (Tex.Civ.App.-Amarillo 1938, writ dism’d). 21 . McClung, 430 S.W.2d at 181. 22 . Id. 23 . Ford v. Exxon Mobil Chem. Co., 235 S.W.3d 615, 617-18 (Tex.2007) (per curiam). 24 . See Shell Oil Co. v. Ross, 356 S.W.3d 924, 928 (Tex.2011). 25 . HECI Exploration Co., 982 S.W.2d at 887; Ford, 235 S.W.3d at 617-18 (public records in a grantor’s chain of title generally create an irrebuttable presumption of notice). 26 . Thigpen v. Locke, 363 S.W.2d 247, 251 (Tex. 1962). 27 . See In re Bank of Am., N.A., 278 S.W.3d 342, 345 (Tex.2009) ("The general rule is that in the absence of a showing of fraud or imposition, a party’s failure to read an instrument before signing it is not a ground for avoiding it.”). 28 . See HECI Exploration Co., 982 S.W.2d at 886 (<HOLDING>). 29 . Id. at 887. 30 . 457 S.W.3d 52, 59
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