Morris v. McLemore

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

This case involves construction of the statute of limitations provision for legal malpractice. Garland Morris, Jr., appellant, contends that his father, Garland Morris, Sr. and his father’s wife, Sophia, entered into a contract to make irrevocable wills, and that they employed appellee Reagan McLemore, an attorney licensed in Texas, to prepare the wills for them on August 8,1969, more than twenty-three years ago. According to appellant, Garland Morris, Jr., Sophia’s will was to provide that her entire estate would go to Garland Morris, Sr., but if he predeceased her,…