Rice v. Forestier

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an action for legal malpractice. This suit was filed by appellee, Danny For-estier, to recover damages sustained by him as a result of a default judgment taken against him in a suit for debt filed in Jefferson County, Texas, by the Standard Brass & Manufacturing Co. Judgment was herein rendered in the sum of $1,250.00, based upon jury findings that appellant, Robert H. Rice, Esq., negligently failed to advise appellee, within a reasonable time after receipt of the suit papers, that Rice would not act as Forestier’s personal attorney in the Standard Co. suit, and…