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BRYANT v. UNITED SHORTLINE INC. ASSUR. SERVICES

No. 97-0093.

972 S.W.2d 26 (1998)

Jeanne Barnes BRYANT, as Liquidator of Anchorage Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Petitioner, v. UNITED SHORTLINE INC. ASSURANCE SERVICES, N.A. and Surety Bank, N.A., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 8, 1998.

Rehearing Overruled August 25, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Gold, Dallas, for Petitioner.

James D. Shields, Dallas, Kleber C. Miller, Sterling W. Steves, Richard G. Williams, Christopher G. Lyster, Fort Worth, Jerome H. Ferguson, III, Lawrence E. Ackels, Joseph E. Ackels, Dallas, for Respondents.

ENOCH, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, SPECTOR and ABBOTT, Justices, join.

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