Legal Opinion
Esse v. Empire Energy III, Ltd.
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided November 23, 2010No. 01-08-00854-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.
Appellants, Brent and Todd Esse and 5E Oil and Gas Corporation (collectively the Esses), appeal the trial court’s July 15, 2008 judgment against them in the breach of contract action filed by appellees, Empire Energy III, Ltd. (Empire), BP American Production Company (BP), and Kenneth Havis as the trustee in liquidation for Westgate Energy Partners, Inc. (West-gate). In five issues, the Esses argue that the trial court erred in: (1) concluding that Todd and Brent Esse had the specific malicious intent necessary for liability under fraudulent transfer,…
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