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BAILEY v. TRAVIS

No. 5625.

622 S.W.2d 143 (1981)

James P. BAILEY, Appellant, v. William R. TRAVIS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm Greenstein, Greenstein & Kolker, Austin, for appellant.

David W. Hilgers, Hilgers, Watkins & Kazen, Austin, for appellee.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

The question is whether a legal malpractice claim had "matured" and was, therefore, a compulsory counterclaim in a suit filed by an attorney against his former client for attorney's fees.

James P. Bailey sued his former attorney, William R. Travis, on September 13, 1979, for alleged negligent acts and omissions committed by the attorney in September of 1977 during the trial of a case. The trial court granted the attorney's motion for...

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