Legal Opinion
James v. Calkins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 21, 2014No. 01-13-00118-CVPublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REBECA HUDDLE, Justice.
Appellant Carolyn Calkins James and her brother, appellee Richard Stephen Calkins, have, for years, been embroiled in litigation in multiple courts regarding the estate and guardianship of their mother, Mary Olive Calkins.1 In the underlying suit, Richard, as agent-in-fact of Mary, and appellee Michael Easton, pro se,2 sued Carolyn and her lawyers, claiming that they were fraudulently representing that Carolyn was the next friend of Mary and had fraudulently filed a lis pendens clouding title to Mary’s home. The appellants filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to…
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