Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Vidrine

WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages for the breach of an oral contract to settle a personal injury suit.

The main questions for review concern the sufficiency of the evidence to support the findings of the jury: (1) that there was an oral contract to settle appellee’s personal injury ease for $40,000, (2) that the lawyer for Southwestern Bell had apparent authority to enter into a settlement of the case, and, (3) that appellee relied on that apparent authority when she agreed to settle the case.

Mr. Dale Harvill, a Houston attorney, filed suit on behalf of…