Legal Opinion
Barcelo v. Elliot
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided March 2, 1995No. 01-94-00830-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUTSON-DUNN, Justice.
In this ease, we are confronted with a single issue: When an attorney negligently drafts an invalid trust instrument on behalf of his client, may the beneficiaries who would have received property under the trust sue the attorney even though they are not the attorney’s clients? We affirm the judgment of the trial court that the appellants, plaintiffs in the court below, take nothing against the appellees.
In August of 1990, Frances Barcelo retained David Elliot, an attorney with the law firm of Eikenburg & Stiles, P.C., to prepare and oversee the execution of estate…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gibbs v. General Motors CorporationTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Montgomery v. KennedyTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Pinckley v. Dr. Francisco Gallegos, M.D., P.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1987
- Thompson v. Vinson & Elkins, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1993
- Dickey v. Jansen, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1987
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Barcelo v. ElliottTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Wright v. Sydow, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004
- Oliver v. West, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1995
- Barcelo v. ElliottTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Malone, Roy and Mary v. Abraham, Watkins, Nichols & Friend, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
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