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DRAKE v. TRINITY UNIVERSAL INS. CO.

No. B-8869.

600 S.W.2d 768 (1980)

Millard L. DRAKE, Executor, Petitioner, v. TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Ralph W. Currie, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

True & Zable, Roy J. True, Dallas, for petitioner.

Elliott, Churchill, Hansen, Dyess & Maxfield, Gary W. Maxfield and Arthur F. Selander, Ralph W. Currie, Dallas, for respondents.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This case primarily involves the question whether an attorney who is paid for legal services pursuant to a claim against an estate is liable to the estate for reimbursement when the court order requiring payment of his claim is reversed on appeal. The probate court held that the attorney was required to reimburse the estate after the order approving payment of his claim was reversed on appeal. The court of civil appeals reversed, holding...

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