Davis v. Johnson

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment following a non-jury trial approving and authorizing payment of a claim previously rejected by the administratrix of a decedent’s estate. The claimant-appellee, Joyce D. Johnson, brought suit against the estate of Warren D. Davis, the decedent, to establish a claim to 50% of the profits acquired in a joint venture between Joyce D. Johnson and Warren D. Davis. The trial court found that Johnson and Davis had entered into and conducted a joint venture to provide serological services to Texas Southern University and that Johnson was…