Artripe v. Hughes

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

This action was brought by Hilton Hughes against Bert Artripe to recover money invested by Hughes in Artripe's landscaping business, Bluebonnet Services. Milton Hess and his firm, Landscape Nursery, Inc., were also sued by the plaintiff because of certain equipment that had been conveyed to them by Artripe. Special issues were answered in favor of the plaintiff, Hughes, against the defendant Ar-tripe, finding that he defrauded Hughes and breached his fiduciary duty to him. However, the jury failed to find what sum Artripe obtained from Hughes, that Hess and Landscape…