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SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO. v. VIDRINE

No. 17763.

610 S.W.2d 803 (1980)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellants, v. Nevelda VIDRINE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Guevara, Jr., James Shatto, Scott, Douglass & Keeton, Richard P. Keeton, Houston, for appellants.

Tom L. Pettiette, Houston, for appellee.

WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages for the breach of an oral contract to settle a personal injury suit.

The main questions for review concern the sufficiency of the evidence to support the findings of the jury: (1) that there was an oral contract to settle appellee's personal injury case for $40,000, (2) that the lawyer for Southwestern Bell had apparent authority to enter into a settlement of the case, and, (3) that appellee...

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