MIMS v. HUNT COUNTY

No. 20549.

620 S.W.2d 664 (1981)

Christopher W. MIMS, Appellant, v. HUNT COUNTY, Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

May 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Mims, Dallas, for appellant.

Frederick C. Shelton, Jr., Hunt County Atty., Greenville, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, CARVER and AKIN, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

From a judgment granting a limited guardianship of the person and estate of Joe Allen Petty, Petty's attorney, Christopher W. Mims, prosecutes this appeal in his own behalf complaining that the trial court failed to include in its judgment an award to Mims of an attorney's fee against Hunt County, Texas. Mims contends that since Petty was unable to pay, Hunt County became `responsible' for his fee under section 130G of the Probate Code (Vernon 1980...

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