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BUIE v. LONGSPAUGH

No. 18234.

598 S.W.2d 673 (1980)

Clifford B. BUIE, Appellant, v. Gerald LONGSPAUGH d/b/a Mesa, Inc.; Thornton Construction Co., Inc.; and Bill Latham, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall & Smith, and Ronald W. Johnson, Dallas, for appellant.

Leeper & Priddy, and Charles S. Leeper, Fort Worth, for appellee Longspaugh d/b/a Mesa, Inc.

John D. Griggs, Dallas, for appellee Thornton Const. Co., Inc.

Garrett & Burkett, and Robert D. Akers, Fort Worth, for appellee Bill Latham.

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

This is a vandalism case which involves construction of the parental liability provisions of Tex.Family Code Ann. §§ 33.01-.03 (1975).* The question presented is whether § 33.02 of the Code, which limits a parent's liability for damage caused by wilful and malicious conduct of their minor children to an amount not to exceed $5,000, limits a parent's liability for several malicious acts...

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