ACCEPTED 06-15-00013-CV SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 12/14/2015 2:21:13 PM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK No. 06-15-00013-CV IN THE FILED IN 6th COURT OF APPEALS COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS SIXTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS 12/14/2015 2:21:13 PM TEXARKANA DEBBIE AUTREY Clerk __________________________________________________________________ C ITY N ATIONAL B ANK OF S ULPHUR S PRINGS, Appellant v. J OHN A LEXANDER S MITH, Appellee __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the District Court of Hopkins County, Texas 62nd Judicial District The Honorable Will Biard Presiding __________________________________________________________________ APPELLEE’S BRIEF __________________________________________________________________ J. Mark Sudderth Texas Bar No. 19461500 N OTEBOOM – T HE L AW F IRM 669 Airport Freeway, Suite 100 Hurst, Texas 76053 (817) 282-9700 (817) 282-8073 (facsimile) Sudderth@Noteboom.com Attorney for Appellee, John Alexander Smith ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT Appellee John Alexander Smith respectfully requests the opportunity to present oral argument. T EX. R. A PP. P. 39.7. Appellee’s Brief - Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INDEX OF AUTHORITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii ABBREVIATIONS AND RECORD REFERENCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii STATEMENT OF THE CASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii STATEMENT OF FACTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. How it Really All Began. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Who Cares About Probable Cause?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Untruths and Consequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Misery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5. Things Cone Forgot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
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