Kennedy v. Bender

In Kennedy v. Bender, 104 Tex. 149, 135 S.W. 524 (Tex. 1911), this Court held that the actions taken by a defrauded shareholder in affirming his purchase of stock did not raise a fact issue of whether his right to recover damages had been waived, but the Court recognized that waiver could occur under some circumstances: Nothing that Bender did in the exercise of his rights as a stockholder in the corporation can be looked to as in any way affecting his claim for damages against appellants, unless it be shown by the evidence that his purpose in so acting was to waive his right against them, or that in some way he acquired something of value from the appellants, with the purpose and intent of waiving his right of action for damages. . . . "The question of waiver, however, is largely one of intent. Hence acts done in affirmance of the contract can amount to a waiver of the fraud only where they are done with full knowledge of the fraud and of all material facts, and with the intention, clearly manifested, of abiding by the contract and waiving all right to recover for the deception. Acts which, although in affirmance of the contract, do not indicate any intention to waive the fraud, cannot be held to operate as a waiver." Kennedy, 135 S.W. at 525.