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BARCELO v. ELLIOT

No. 01-94-00830-CV.

927 S.W.2d 28 (1995)

Leroy BARCELO III, Terri Jo Barcelo, Cecil Wayne Barcelo, Jr., Christopher Lee Barcelo, and Frances Michelle Barcelo Schock, Appellants, v. David J. ELLIOT and Eikenburg & Stiles, P.C., Appellees.

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

Rehearing Overruled March 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. McConnell, Angleton, for Appellants.

Sam W. Cruse, Jr., John P. Scott, Billy Shepherd, Houston, for Appellees.

Before WILSON, O'CONNOR and HUTSON-DUNN, JJ.

OPINION

HUTSON-DUNN, Justice.

In this case, we are confronted with a single issue: When an attorney negligently drafts an invalid trust instrument on behalf of his client, may the beneficiaries who would have received property under the trust sue the attorney even though they are not the attorney's clients? We affirm the judgment of the trial court that the appellants, plaintiffs in the court below, take nothing against the appellees.

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