Legal Opinion
Smith v. Wilkins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 23, 1979No. 8604PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Kenneth Smith has appealed from a judgment rendered against him as a sanction for failure to answer interrogatories propounded pursuant to Tex.R.Civ.P. 168.
The suit was filed by Kenneth Wilkins against Smith, Worldco International and Kurt Zeisel for damages arising from a breach of contract. On March 4, 1977, Worldco and Smith, who was Worldco’s president, filed a joint answer to the suit through their common attorney. On April 29 the attorney was allowed to withdraw, and apparently Smith and Worldco were thereafter temporarily without counsel or were represented by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kenneth Edgar, D/B/A Defense Surplus Sales Expeditors v. William J. Slaughter, D/B/A Champlin Food & Fuel Center, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Hall v. C-F Employees Credit UnionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Ebeling v. GawlikCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Sears, Roebuck & Company v. HollingsworthTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- Gordon v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lindley v. Flores, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1984
- McInnes v. Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1983
- Fears v. Mechanical & Industrial Technicians, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1983
- Palmer v. Cantrell, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1988