Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin) June 7, 2001, 03-00-00356-CV (Grace v. Duke)

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

This is a long and convoluted tale of the attempt by appellees, Texas businessmen Charles Duke, Jr. and Charles Salsman (the Texas Group), to collect financing promised by appellants, Tennessee investors Wesley G. Grace; Brownlee 0. Cur-rey, Jr.; Irby C. Simpkins, Jr.; and Tex-cor Industries, Inc. (the Tennessee Group).