REPUBLIC NAT. BANK v. ROBERT VENTURES, LTD.

No. 11-81-065-CV.

637 S.W.2d 515 (1982)

REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF DALLAS, Trustee et al., Appellants, v. ROBERT VENTURES, LTD. et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Leroy Street, Geary, Stahl & Spencer, Jerry Lastelick, Lastelick, Anderson & Hilliard, Dallas, for appellants.

Roy L. Stacy, Calhoun, Spillman & Stacy, Dallas, for appellees.


DICKENSON, Justice.

The controlling issue is whether the trust beneficiaries were given adequate and timely notice of suit, as required by the Texas Trust Act,1 before judgment was rendered against the trust for $204,192.08 plus costs and postjudgment interest. We reverse and remand.

The suit arose from a contract of sale involving 15.63 acres of land which were owned by the trust. The first contract of sale, dated November 1,...

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