Legal Opinion
Robert Hovel and Tania Hovel v. Gal Batzri
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 1, 2016No. 01-14-00305-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Harvey Brown, Justice
This is a statutory-construction case. Robert and Tania Hovel sued a limited liability company, 7677 Real Property LLC, for breach of contract and DTPA violations. After suit was filed but before any determination of liability was made, the company stopped paying its franchise tax and forfeited its corporate privileges. Eventually, the Hovels obtained a default judgment against the company.
The Hovels then sought to have the sole manager of the company, Gal Batzri, held personally liable for the company’s debt under Section 171.255 of the Texas Tax Code. That…
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