Hennigan v. Harris County

OPINION

JAMES, Justice.

This is a fraud case. Plaintiff-Appellees Harris County and Walter H. Rankin, Constable of Precinct No. 1 of Harris County, Texas, brought this suit against Defendants Patricia Colleen Thomas Belvin and her attorney, Daniel H. Hennigan, Appellant herein, for damages for alleged fraud on the part of Defendant-Appellant Hennigan.

During the years 1972 and 1973, Defendant-Appellant Hennigan was the attorney representing Defendant Mrs. Belvin in a divorce proceeding in Harris County, Texas. On March 27,1973, the trial court entered a judgment of divorce in which Mrs. Belvin…