In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
No. 02-18-00112-CV
DAVID A. SKEELS, Appellant § On Appeal from the 236th District
Court
V. § of Tarrant County (236-284262-16)
JONATHAN T. SUDER, MICHAEL T. § September 24, 2020
COOKE, AND FRIEDMAN, SUDER &
COOKE, P.C., Appellees § Opinion by Justice Birdwell
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there
was error in the trial court’s judgment. We reverse the trial court’s judgment in its
entirety.
We render a declaratory judgment that the attempted redemption of David A.
Skeels’s shares in Friedman, Suder & Cooke, P.C. was not authorized by the Texas
Business Organizations Code and is therefore of no effect. We remand the remainder
of Skeels’s claims to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this
opinion.
We further order that Friedman, Suder & Cooke, P.C. shall pay 75% of the
costs of this appeal and Jonathan T. Suder and Michael T. Cooke shall jointly and
severally pay 25% of the costs of this appeal, for which let execution issue.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
By /s/ Wade Birdwell
Justice J. Wade Birdwell