Jeter v. Montfort

CLAYTON, Justice.

This case was filed by appellee, plaintiff below, against appellant, defendant below, an attorney, to recover damages resulting from a judgment rendered against him without his knowledge, when appellant agreed to the entry of a judgment against plaintiff without having authority to do so.

At some time prior to December 1965, a case was filed in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, bearing Cause Number 612.739, styled Catherine Nickerson, et al. v. Twin Peaks Land & Cattle Co., et al. (hereinafter referred to as the Nickerson case), wherein it was alleged that the…