Bruce Partain News Today

She will succeed the retiring C. Wayne Mitchell on January 1.

BEAUMONT – In a case centered on the sale of a hotel, the Ninth Court of Appeals today affirmed a trial court’s award of $100,000 in earnest money to a company that terminated a sales contract.

Walston BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals has reversed Judge Kent Walston’s award of $1.34 million to Aattaboy Termite and Pest Control – a judgment Walston handed down when the defendants in the case were without representation. In 2017, Aattaboy sued Andrew and Elizabeth Kennedy, claiming they embezzled money from the company. The issues in the case stem from a motion for summary judgment Aattaboy filed against the Kennedys not long after their attorney w...