Trammell Crow Co. No. 60 v. Harkinson

I concur in the Court’s judgment to the extent that it bars Harkinson’s claims against the owners of the property, Trammell Crow Company No. 60 and Petula Associates, Ltd., and Petula’s parent company, Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, and its manager Douglas Achtemeier (“owners”). However, as to the other defendants, the Court refuses to follow precedent, holds that a cause of action for interference with a written exclusive agency contract is barred by section 20(b), the statute of frauds provision of the Real Estate License Act (“RELA”), and for the first time in Texas…