EDWARDS CO., INC. v. MONOGRAM INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 82-2019.

700 F.2d 994 (1983)

EDWARDS COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONOGRAM INDUSTRIES, INC., Monotronics, Inc. and Entronic Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry D. Knippa, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dan Matthews, Houston, Tex., for Monogram Industries, Inc.

Thomas Collins, Houston, Tex., for Monotronics, Inc., et al.

Before JOHNSON, WILLIAMS and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This case constitutes an attempt by Edwards Company, Inc.,1 to pierce the corporate veil of Monotronics, Inc., in order to hold its parent corporation, Monogram, Inc.,2 liable for $352,000 in debts owed to Edwards.3

After a nonjury trial, the lower court, applying Texas law in this diversity case, refused to pierce Monotronics's veil. It held...

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