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REVERSE and RENDER; and Opinion Filed November 16, 2018.

                                             In The
                               Court of Appeals
                        Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                      No. 05-17-00761-CV

  MICROLASER THERAPY CORPORATION D/B/A MSH INVESTMENTS, INC., AS
  AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR MICHAEL S. HYNEK, ROY C. BROCK, CHRISTINA
            BROCK, TIM HOUSE AND PETER UTZIG, Appellant
                                V.
                    ROSCOE F. WHITE, III, Appellee

                       On Appeal from the 95th Judicial District Court
                                   Dallas County, Texas
                            Trial Court Cause No. DC-17-04263

                             MEMORANDUM OPINION
                            Before Justices Myers, Evans, and Brown
                                   Opinion by Justice Brown
       Appellant Microlaser Therapy Corporation d/b/a MSH Investments, Inc. (MSH) appeals

the trial court’s rulings on cross-motions for summary judgment in this suit brought by MSH to

collect under a guaranty. In three issues, MSH contends the trial court erred in denying summary

judgment to MSH on its claim for appellee Roscoe F. White, III’s breach of the guaranty and

granting summary judgment to White on the basis of his statute of limitations affirmative defense.

For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court’s summary judgment orders and render

judgment in favor of MSH.
                                                              BACKGROUND

           On August 31, 2009, Tri-Properties, Ltd. (Tri-Properties) executed a secured promissory

note (note) payable to MSH as agent for payees Michael S. Hynek, Roy C. Brock, Christina Brock,

Tim House, and Peter Utzig (collectively, payees). The note, which matured on December 30,

2010, memorialized Tri-Properties’s promise to pay principal of $2,383,750.00 and accrued

interest on the principal amount. White signed a guaranty agreement (guaranty),1 also dated

August 31, 2009, guaranteeing the prompt and full payment and performance of Tri-Properties’s

payment obligations under the note. Specifically, the guaranty obliged White to pay the amount

of Tri-Properties’s payment obligations under the note within thirty days of receiving written

demand for payment at any time after the payment obligations had become due and payable.

            As of December 1, 2014, the amount due under the note was $3,198,029.36 with interest

continuing to accrue at a rate of twelve percent per annum. Effective December 29, 2014, Tri-

Properties, White, and MSH entered into a tolling agreement in which Tri-Properties and White

acknowledged the validity of the note and affirmed the $3,198,029.36 balance due as of December

1, 2014. An attachment to the tolling agreement, Exhibit A, reflected the balance due. The tolling

agreement reserved all claims available to payees pursuant to either the note or guaranty and

suspended and tolled, among other things, all relevant statutes of limitations during a suspension

period. Any claims asserted by payees during the suspension period would be deemed to have

been filed on the tolling agreement’s December 29, 2014 effective date, and the parties waived

any statute of limitations, bars and defenses existing as of the December 29, 2014 effective date.

     1
        Marlin Atlantis White, Ltd., also executed a guaranty agreement and is a defendant in the underlying suit, but not a party to this appeal.
Following entry of the trial court’s summary judgment orders, White moved to sever MSH’s claim against him, and the trial court granted the
motion, making its summary judgment orders on MSH’s claim against White final and appealable.

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Further, the passage of time during the suspension period would not be counted against any period

of time measured by the statute of limitations.

       On September 9, 2016, MSH sued White for breach of the guaranty. MSH alleged Tri-

Properties failed to comply with the terms of the note, making White liable for the balance, and

White, after written demand for payment was made, failed and refused to pay. MSH sought

recovery of the amount due under the note and attorney’s fees. White answered, asserting, among

other things, a statute of limitations affirmative defense.

       Thereafter, MSH filed a summary judgment motion on its claim for White’s breach of the

guaranty. In his response, White asserted the motion should be denied because MSH “blew the

‘statute of limitations.’” White also filed a motion for summary judgment on the same ground.

Specifically, White argued the statute of limitations barred Tri-Properties’s claim because Tri-

Properties’s breach of the note – the event of default giving rise to the claim – occurred prior to

execution of the tolling agreement and more than four year before MSH filed suit. The trial court

entered orders granting White’s motion and denying MSH’s motion. After the trial court entered

an additional order severing MSH’s claim against White, MSH filed this appeal.

                                          APPLICABLE LAW

       We review a trial court’s decision to grant or deny summary judgment de novo. Travelers

Ins. Co. v. Joachim, 315 S.W.3d 860, 862 (Tex. 2010). A trial court properly grants summary

judgment when the movant establishes there are no genuine issues of material fact and it is entitled

to judgment as a matter of law. TEX. R. CIV. P. 166a(c); Nixon v. Mr. Prop. Mgmt. Co., 690 S.W.2d
546, 548 (Tex. App. 1985). To review a summary judgment, we take as true all evidence favorable

to the nonmovant, and we indulge every reasonable inference and resolve any doubts in the

nonmovant’s favor. 20801, Inc. v. Parker, 249 S.W.3d 392, 399 (Tex. 2008). When, as here, both

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parties move for summary judgment, each party bears the burden of establishing it is entitled to

judgment as a matter of law. Guynes v. Galveston County, 861 S.W.2d 861, 862 (Tex. 1993); Mira

Mar Dev. Corp. v. City of Coppell, 421 S.W.3d 74, 83 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2013, no pet.). “Neither

party can prevail because of the other’s failure to discharge its burden.” Mira Mar Dev. Corp.,
421 S.W.3d at 83. When the trial court grants one motion and denies the other, we review both

parties’ summary judgment evidence, determine the questions presented, and render the judgment

the trial court should have rendered. Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp Advisors, Inc. v. Fielding, 289
S.W.3d 844, 848 (Tex. 2009); Mira Mar Dev. Corp., 421 S.W.3d at 83.

       A guaranty is an obligation by a third party to a creditor to pay a debt on behalf of a

principal in the event the principal defaults on its original obligation. See Republic Nat’l Bank of

Dallas v. Nw. Nat’l Bank of Fort Worth, 578 S.W.2d 109, 114 (Tex. 1978); Anderton v. Cawley,

378 S.W.3d 38, 46 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2012, no pet.). To recover under a guaranty, a claimant

must conclusively establish the existence and ownership of the guaranty, the terms of the

underlying contract by the holder, the occurrence of the condition upon which liability is based,

and the guarantor’s failure or refusal to perform its promise. Anderton, 378 S.W.3d at 46-47;

Marshall v. Ford Motor Co., 878 S.W.2d 629, 631 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1994, no writ).

       A plaintiff must bring suit on a debt no later than four years after the date its claim accrues.

TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 16.004(a)(3). A claim for breach of a promise to pay arises

when a demand for payment has been made and refused, unless demand was waived or

unreasonably delayed. Wiman v. Tomaszewicz, 877 S.W.2d 1, 5 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1994, no

writ) (citing Intermedics, Inc. v. Grady, 683 S.W.2d 842, 845 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.]

1984, writ ref’d n.r.e.)).       To prevail on a limitations defense, a defendant must

conclusively establish the elements of the defense, including when the plaintiff’s claim accrued.

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See Diversicare Gen. Partner, Inc. v. Rubio, 185 S.W.3d 842, 846 (Tex. 2005). When a claim

accrues is a question of law that we review de novo. See Sowell v. Int’l Interests, LP, 416 S.W.3d
593, 598 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2013, pet. denied).

                                                                 ANALYSIS

           On summary judgment, White asserted the statute of limitations barred MSH from

recovering on its breach-of-guaranty claim because the claim accrued before the note’s December

30, 2010 maturity date and expired before both entry of the December 29, 2014 tolling agreement

and MSH filed suit. Specifically, White maintained the claim accrued when Tri-Properties failed

to pay 2009 interest,2 which White alleged was due by January 1, 2010 pursuant to paragraph 1(b)

of the note. Paragraph 1(b) provides:

           Accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall
           additionally be due and payable as follows: (i) interest accruing from and after the
           date of this Note through November 30, 2009 shall be due and payable on the
           Maturity Date (it being understood that the sum of such accrued and unpaid interest
           shall itself not bear any additional interest during the period from and after
           November 30, 2009 to the Maturity Date); and (iii) [sic] interest accruing from and
           after November 30, 2009 shall be due and payable monthly in arrears on the first
           day of each month, commencing January 1, 2010.

     2
        In his summary judgment motion, White also asserted Tri-Properties was in default on the note due to “unpaid attorneys’ fees” of $11,295.50
from 2006 through 2010, but he has not made this argument on appeal, referring to those fees only as being included in “the note’s balance at
maturity.” Accordingly, we consider only whether the failure to pay 2009 unpaid interest constituted a default causing MSH’s claim to accrue.

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White contended this failure to pay 2009 interest constituted an “event of default,”3 which caused

the note to automatically accelerate4 and become immediately due and payable as of January 1,

2010. White further contended MSH’s claim against him under the guaranty also accrued on

January 1, 2010.5 Thus, according to White, MSH’s claim against him expired under the four-year

statute of limitations well before the December 29, 2014 effective date of the tolling agreement

and MSH’s subsequently filing this suit.

            In its first issue, MSH asserts the trial court should have denied White’s summary judgment

motion because he did not conclusively establish the statute of limitations barred MSH’s claim for

     3
         The note defines “event of default” as the occurrence of any one or more of the following:
            (a) Any indebtedness evidenced or governed by this Note is not paid when due and remains unpaid for a period of thirty (30)
            days following Payee Agent's written notice to Maker.

            (b) Maker or any other person obligated to pay any part of the indebtedness evidenced or governed by this Note: (1) fails to
            pay, or otherwise secure the extension for payment of, any of its respective debts, secured or unsecured, as such debts come
            due or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (2)
            commences any case, proceeding, or other action seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, liquidation, dissolution,
            or composition of it or its debts under any debtor relief laws; or (3) in any involuntary case, proceeding, or other action
            commenced against it which seeks to have an order for relief entered against it, as debtor, or seeks reorganization,
            arrangement, adjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy,
            insolvency, reorganization, or relief of debtors, and (i) fails to obtain a dismissal of such case or proceeding or (ii) converts
            the case from one chapter of the Federal Bankruptcy Code to another chapter, or (iii) is the subject of an order for relief; or
            (4) applies or consents to have a trustee, receiver, custodian, intervenor, liquidator, or other similar official appointed for or
            take possession of all or any part of its property or has any court take jurisdiction of its property which continues for a period
            of sixty (60) days; or (5) fails to have discharged within a period of thirty (30) days any attachment, sequestration, or similar
            writ levied upon any property of such person.

            (c) Maker fails or refuses to observe, keep, and perform any of the covenants, agreements, and obligations contained in this
            Note.

            (d) Any default or event of default occurs under any Guaranty, Security Document or other instrument or agreement
            evidencing, guaranteeing, securing or otherwise relating to the indebtedness evidences by this Note, and such default or event
            of default continues beyond any applicable grace or cure period.

Although section (a) clearly applies to a default related to indebtedness under the note, White contended Tri-Properties’s alleged failure to timely
pay interest due also constituted “the failure by Tri-Properties ‘to pay . . . any of its respective debts, secured or unsecured, as such debts come due
. . .’” under section (b).
      4
         White relied on the following portion of paragraph 2 of the note to show the failure to pay the 2009 interest accelerated Tri-Properties’s
payment obligations: “. . . Upon the happening or occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (b) of the definition of "Event of Default",
the entire unpaid principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable,
without further notice or demand.”
      5
        In his summary judgment motion, White cited only to the note’s provisions on default as support for the proposition that MSH’s claim
against White as guarantor accrued at the same time and without the need for notice to White. However, on appeal, he relies on a waiver of notice
of demand provision in the guaranty and paragraph 10 of the guaranty, which provides, “[i]n the event of a default in the payment of all or any part
of the Guaranteed Obligations when such Guaranteed Obligations become due, Guarantor shall promptly pay the Guaranteed Obligations, or the
amount then due, . . . .”

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breach of the guaranty. Among other grounds,6 MSH asserts White’s motion should have been

denied because White’s summary judgment evidence did not conclusively establish Tri-Properties

failed to timely pay any 2009 interest or otherwise default on the note before its December 30,

2010 maturity date.

           As evidence of Tri-Properties’s failure to pay 2009 interest, White relied solely on Exhibit

A to the tolling agreement, which White characterizes on appeal as an “agreed-upon payment

history.” According to White’s summary judgment pleadings, Exhibit A establishes Tri-Properties

was in default because it shows “2009 Unpaid Interest Due” of $71,316.58 and the note provided

that interest was due monthly.

           There is no evidence, however, that Exhibit A is a comprehensive “payment history” for

the note. To the contrary, the tolling agreement states only that Exhibit A reflects the balance due

($2,881,605.42 in principal and $316,423.94 in interest) as of December 1, 2014. Nor is Exhibit

A any evidence that Tri-Properties failed to pay any interest due on January 1, 2010. Although

paragraph 1(b) of the note provides “interest accruing from and after November 30, 2009 shall be

due and payable monthly in arrears on the first date of each month, commencing January 1, 2010,”

Exhibit A clearly specifies that the “2009 Unpaid Interest” of $71,316.58 was due on the note’s

December 30, 2010 maturity date.7 At most, Exhibit A can be read to indicate no delinquent

interest was due as of December 1, 2010 and $17,960.14 in delinquent interest was due for the

period ending December 30, 2010.

      6
         MSH also asserts the trial court should have denied White’s summary judgment motion on the following grounds: (1) the note did not
automatically accelerate; (2) MSH’s claim against White did not accrue until MSH made a written demand for payment from White; (3) White
agreed to waive any statute of limitations defense in the tolling agreement; and (4) White’s acknowledgement of the debt in the tolling agreement
created a new obligation sufficient to defeat his limitations defense.
     7
        During the summary judgment hearing, White’s counsel argued for the first time that a portion of the $71,316.58 in interest actually had
been due, but unpaid, on January 1, 2010. White, however, submitted no new summary judgment evidence to support his counsel’s assertion.

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         Because White did not conclusively establish the alleged January 1, 2010 default on which

he based his argument as to when MSH’s breach-of-guaranty claim accrued, he was not entitled

to prevail on his limitations defense and the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in his

favor.    See Diversicare Partners, Inc., 185 S.W.3d at 846; Guynes, 861 S.W.2d at 862.

Accordingly, we need not address the other grounds on which MSH contends the trial court erred

in granting White’s motion for summary judgment. We sustain MSH’s first issue.

         White moved for summary judgment “on his affirmative defense of statute of limitations

and on [MSH’s] claims for breach of the promissory note and guaranty.” (Emphasis added).

Because the trial court’s order granting White’s summary judgment motion does not state the basis

upon which it was granted, MSH raises a second issue challenging the summary judgment to the

extent it was granted on any ground other than limitations. See, e.g., State Farm Fire & Casualty

Co. v. S.S., 858 S.W.2d 374, 381 (Tex. 1993) (if summary judgment movant asserts multiple

grounds and trial court does not specify ground on which it granted judgment, appellant must

attack all grounds on appeal).

         A motion for summary judgment must state the specific grounds on which judgment is

sought, and a judgment may be secured only on those grounds specifically named and discussed

in the motion. TEX. R. CIV. P. 166a(c); McConnell v. Southside Indep. Sch. Dist., 858 S.W.2d 337,

339 (Tex. 1993); Wright v. Sydow, 173 S.W.3d 534, 554 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2004,

pet. denied). Here, the only specific ground stated and discussed in White’s motion was the statute

of limitations, and he has not argued otherwise in this appeal. Thus, we sustain MSH’s second

issue to the extent the trial court may have granted summary judgment to White on the basis of his

generalized, but unsupported, request for summary judgment “on [MSH’s] claims for breach of

the promissory note and guaranty.”

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       In its third issue, MSH contends the trial court erred in denying its motion for summary

judgment because it established each of the essential elements of its breach-of-guaranty claim

against White. In support of its motion, MSH offered the affidavit of Michael S. Hynek, both a

payee and president of MSH. Hynek’s affidavit established (1) the existence of the note, guaranty,

and tolling agreement, copies of which were attached to the affidavit and verified by Hynek to be

true and correct, (2) the payees’ ownership of the guaranty and MSH’s authority to act on the

payees’ behalf, (3) Tri-Properties received $2,383,750.00 from payees in return for executing the

note, (4) White executed the guaranty and unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed the prompt

and full payment and performance of the note, (5) Tri-Properties and White failed to tender

payments when due, (6) written demand was made upon White for payment of the sums due, and

(7) the total amount due and owing under the note on December 1, 2016 was $3,889,614.66 with

interest continuing to accrue thereon at the rate of twelve percent per annum ($97.38 per diem)

until paid in full. Hynek’s affidavit, along with the attached note and guaranty, established each

element required to recover under a guaranty. See, e.g., Am 10-Minute Oil Change, Inc. v. Metro

Nat. Bank-Farmers Branch, 783 S.W.2d 598, 600-01 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1989, no writ) (affidavit

made on bank officer’s personal knowledge identifying notes and guaranty and reciting principal

and interest due is sufficient evidence to support summary judgment).

       White presented no evidence to controvert the facts set out in Hynek’s affidavit. Instead,

his response to MSH’s summary judgment motion was limited to his argument that the statute of

limitations barred MSH’s recovery. As discussed above, however, Exhibit A constituted no

evidence, and thus failed to raise a fact issue, on whether Tri-Properties was in default on the note

as of January 1, 2010. Accordingly, MSH established its right to judgment as a matter of law on

the guaranty. See Am 10-Minute Oil Change, Inc., 783 S.W.2d at 601; Sharpe v. Lomas &

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Nettleton Fin. Corp., 601 S.W.2d 55, 57-58 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1980, writ ref’d n.r.e.) (in the

absence of controverting evidence, affidavit based on personal knowledge identifying note and

guaranty agreement and reciting principal balance of the note and accumulated interest after

allowing credits was competent summary judgment evidence); Blankenship v. Robins, 899 S.W.2d
236, 238-39 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.]1994, no pet.).

       MSH also sought attorney’s fees and submitted as summary judgment evidence the

affidavit of its attorney Timothy Woods. The affidavit sets out Woods’s qualifications, his

familiarity with the normal and customary legal fees for similar cases in Dallas County, and the

work he and his law firm performed for MSH. Relevant law firm billing records with additional

detail were attached to the affidavit. According to Woods, the services performed were necessary,

it was reasonable for his firm to perform the services, and the time spent performing those services

was reasonably and necessary. And, having considered the factors set out in State Bar Rule 1.04(b)

and applicable commentary and case law, Woods opined that MSH incurred reasonable and

necessary attorney’s fees of $10,000.00 and litigation-related expenses of $333.07 in prosecuting

its claims against the guarantors. Woods also opined to reasonable and necessary appellate

attorney’s fees, conditioned upon White’s unsuccessful appeal, of $20,000.00 in the event of

appeal to this Court, $15,000.00 in the event of a petition for review to the Texas Supreme Court,

and $15,000.00 in the event the Texas Supreme Court requires a response to a petition for review.

White did not file a controverting affidavit or any other evidence to dispute that the fees requested

were reasonable and necessary.

       The guaranty provides for White to pay all “costs and expenses, including without

limitation, all reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by [MSH] and Payees in connection with the

enforcement and/or collection of the Guaranty.” A prevailing party in a suit on written contract

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also is entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees. See CIV. PRAC. & REM. § 38.001(8); Ashford

Partners, Ltd. v. ECO Resources, Inc., 401 S.W.3d 35, 40 (Tex. 2012).              Although the

reasonableness of attorney’s fees is ordinarily a question of fact, an affidavit by a summary

judgment movant’s attorney setting forth the attorney’s qualifications, opinion regarding

reasonable attorney’s fees, and the basis for the opinion “will be sufficient to support summary

judgment, if uncontroverted.” Basin Credit Consultants, Inc. v. Obregon, 2 S.W.3d 372, 373 (Tex.

App.—San Antonio 1999, pet. denied); see also Am. 10-Minute Oil Change, Inc., 783 S.W.2d at

602; Carto Prop., LLC v. Briar Cap., L.P., No. 01-15-01114-CV, 2018 WL 827558, at *13 (Tex.

App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2018, pet. denied).

       Based on the affidavit’s clear, positive, and direct facts, which White could have, but did

not, readily controvert, and Woods’s consideration of well-settled factors in determining the

reasonableness of the fees requested, we conclude the affidavit constitutes legally competent

evidence that the attorney’s fees and expenses sought by MSH were reasonable. See TEX. R. CIV.

P. 166a(c) (summary judgment may be based on uncontroverted testimony of expert witness “if

evidence is clear, positive, and direct, otherwise credible and free from contradictions and

inconsistencies, and could have been readily controverted”); see also CIV. PRAC. & REM. §§

38.001(8); 38.003. Because MSH conclusively established each element required to prove its

breach-of-guaranty claim against White as well as the reasonableness and amount of the attorney’s

fees and expenses it sought to recover, we conclude the trial court erred in denying MSH’s

summary judgment motion. We sustain MSH’s third issue.

                                          CONCLUSION

       Based on the foregoing, we reverse the trial court’s orders granting White’s summary

judgment motion and denying MSH’s summary judgment motion and render judgment that MSH

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recover (1) actual damages in the amount of $3,889,614.66 as of December 1, 2016 with interest

continuing to accrue thereon at the rate of twelve percent per annum ($947.38 per diem) until paid

in full; (2) the sum of $10,033.07 for attorney’s fees and expenses in the trial court, (3) the sum of

$20,000.00 for attorney’s fees on appeal, (4) attorney’s fees of $15,000.00 in the event of an

unsuccessful petition by White for review in the Texas Supreme Court, and (5) attorney’s fees of

$15,000.00 in the event of an unsuccessful appeal by White in the Texas Supreme Court. See TEX.

R. APP. P. 43.2(c); see also, e.g., Am. 10-Minute Oil Change, Inc., 783 S.W.2d at 602; Carto Prop.,

LLC, 2018 WL 827558, at *16.

                                                       /Ada Brown/
                                                       ADA BROWN
                                                       JUSTICE

170761F.P05

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                                Court of Appeals
                         Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                        JUDGMENT

 MICROLASER THERAPY                                   On Appeal from the 95th Judicial District
 CORPORATION D/B/A MSH                                Court, Dallas County, Texas
 INVESTMENTS, INC., AS                                Trial Court Cause No. DC-17-04263.
 AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR MICHAEL                         Opinion delivered by Justice Brown;
 S. HYNEK, ROY C. BROCK,                              Justices Myers and Evans participating.
 CHRISTINA BROCK, TIM HOUSE AND
 PETER UTZIG, Appellant

 No. 05-17-00761-CV          V.

 ROSCOE F. WHITE, III, Appellee

         In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the summary judgment orders of the
trial court are REVERSED and judgment is RENDERED for appellant MICROLASER
THERAPY CORPORATION D/B/A MSH INVESTMENTS, INC., AS AUTHORIZED
AGENT FOR MICHAEL S. HYNEK, ROY C. BROCK, CHRISTINA BROCK, TIM HOUSE
AND PETER UTZIG, in the amount of (1) $3,889,614.66 as of December 1, 2016 with interest
continuing to accrue thereon at the rate of twelve percent per annum ($947.38 per diem) until
paid in full for its breach of guaranty claim, (2) $10,033.07 for attorney’s fees and expenses in
the trial court, (3) $20,000.00 for attorney’s fees on appeal, (4) $15,000.00 for attorney’s fees in
the event of an unsuccessful petition by appellee ROSCOE F. WHITE, III for review in the
Texas Supreme Court, and (5) $15,000.00 for attorney’s fees in the event of an unsuccessful
appeal by appellee ROSCOE F. WHITE, III in the Texas Supreme Court. It is ORDERED that
appellant MICROLASER THERAPY CORPORATION D/B/A MSH INVESTMENTS, INC.,
AS AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR MICHAEL S. HYNEK, ROY C. BROCK, CHRISTINA
BROCK, TIM HOUSE AND PETER UTZIG recover its costs of this appeal from appellee
ROSCOE F. WHITE, III.

Judgment entered this 16th day of November, 2018.

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