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SMITH v. KNIGHT

No. 18249.

598 S.W.2d 720 (1980)

J. Wilbur SMITH, Appellant, v. Robert Weldon KNIGHT et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. A. Nelson, Denton, for appellant.

Cowles, Sorrells, Patterson & Thompson, and R. Brent Cooper and Neal S. Holford, Dallas, for appellees.

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...

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