Legal Opinion
Crain v. Smith
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided May 25, 2000No. 13-99-243-CVPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. BONNER DORSEY, Justice.
This is an appeal of a summary judgment. Ray Crain, appellant, prepared and recorded mechanic’s and materialmen’s hens for his client, Airtron, Inc. Crain is not an attorney or a licensed real estate broker. The defendants in the underlying suit, appellees here, attorney Candice C. Smith (Smith) and Lamm & Smith, P.C. (the law firm), represented the owner of the property upon which Airtron placed the liens. Smith began investigating Crain and the services he provided to Airtron. Upon discovering that Crain prepared and recorded the lien on behalf of Airtron,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Gibbs v. General Motors CorporationTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- James v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1982
- Velsicol Chemical Corp. v. WinogradTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Reagan v. Guardian Life InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- AMS Const. Co., Inc. v. Warm Springs Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- Garrod Investments, Inc. v. Schlegel, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
- Scripps Texas Newspapers v. Belalcazar, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2003
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