Ramsey v. Taylor

Robert S. Ramsey filed an action against Richard Taylor, alleging breach of a contract that Taylor had entered into with Ramsey Middlebrooks, P.C., a professional corporation organized for the practice of law in which Ramsey, a practicing attorney, owned 51% of the shares of stock. Buster Middlebrooks, a practicing attorney, owned 49% of the shares. The trial court granted Taylor's motion for summary judgment, and Ramsey appeals.

Richard Taylor is a licensed practicing attorney in Mobile. In January 1988, while working as a sole practitioner, he began representation of a plaintiff, Mr. Billy…