Eppler, Guerin & Turner, Inc. v. Kasmir

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

Eppler, Guerin and Turner, Inc., appeals from a summary judgment that it take nothing on its claim for appraisal fees against the appellees C.D. Kasmir, Esq., and Kasmir, Willingham & Krage, attorneys at law. We hold that the summary judgment evidence established as a matter of law defendants’ affirmative defense that they were only acting as agents for a disclosed principal. Therefore, we affirm.

Plaintiff, an investment banking firm, was hired by defendants to render an opinion on the value of certain securities that were the subject of a suit between defendants’…