Opinion ID: 9275
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The county court action

Text: 4 SYC also filed suit in the County Court at Law No. 1, Dallas County, Texas, (hereafter the county court action) against Jones, individually, to enforce his guaranty on the JPM/SYC agreement. Jones answered and counterclaimed against SYC on grounds of legal malpractice, negligence, malfeasance, gross negligence, fraud, conspiracy, and violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The county court action was dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Jones' motion alleging lack of jurisdiction, but was subsequently reinstated. After a bench trial, at which Jones did not appear, the county court entered judgment awarding SYC a money judgment against Jones and ordering that Jones take nothing on his counterclaims.