Legal Opinion

Tigrett v. Pointer

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 29, 1978No. 19601PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

In this garnishment proceeding the holder of a judgment against a corporation seeks to pierce the corporate veil and hold its sole stockholder, and also other corporations owned by him, personally liable for the judgment. Trial without a jury resulted in a judgment for the garnishees. On this appeal, plaintiff attacks the trial court’s findings that the judgment debtor and the other corporations were not alter egos of the sole stockholder, asserting that she had proved alter ego conclusively as a matter of law, and, alternatively, that the court’s findings are against…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. International Bankers Life Insurance Co. v. HollowayTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Dewitt Truck Brokers, Inc. v. W. Ray Flemming Fruit Company and W. Ray FlemmingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
  4. Pace Corporation v. JacksonTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Archer v. GriffithTexas Supreme Court · 1964

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Castleberry v. BranscumTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Gibraltar Savings, Cross-Appellant v. Ldbrinkman Corp., Cross-Appellee, and Lloyd D. Brinkman, Defendant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  3. Torregrossa v. SzelcTexas Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Bergquist v. Anderson-Greenwood Aviation Corp. (In Re Bellanca Aircraft Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
  5. Consumer's Co-Op of Walworth County v. OlsenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1988

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