Smith v. Knight

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

This is a legal malpractice case. J. Wilbur Smith sued Robert Weldon Knight, an attorney; and John L. Sullivan and J. E. Savage independent executors of the estate of Fred H. Minor, deceased, for malpractice alleged to have been committed by Knight. Smith claims the estate of Minor is liable because Minor and Knight were law partners at the time of the occurrence. The malpractice was allegedly committed in 1972. The trial court granted summary judgment that Smith take nothing as to all defendants based solely upon the application of the two year statute of limitation.

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