Legal Opinion
Wendolyn Messner, as Dependent Administrator v. Mark L. Boon, and Boon Shaver Echols Coleman & Goolsby, P.L.L.C.
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided January 28, 2015No. 06-14-00020-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice Moseley
Wendolyn Messner, as the administra-trix of the estate of Delbert M. Messner, filed suit May 14, 2013, against an attorney, alleging that the attorney had been negligent and had breached his fiduciary duty in the attorney’s legal representation of both Delbert (during his lifetime) and the executrix of his estate, Juanita Bengel (Delbert’s niece), after Delbert’s demise. The trial court granted a traditional motion for summary judgment filed by the attorney and his law firm and entered a take-nothing judgment against Wendolyn. 1 Wendolyn appeals.
We find that…
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