Morgan Stanley & Co. v. Texas Oil Co

In Morgan Stanley & Co. v. Texas Oil Co., 958 S.W.2d 178 (Tex. 1997), the Court applied the Holloway v. Skinner (1995) rule to a claim for tortious interference with a prospective business relation, emphasizing that the plaintiff cannot recover without proof that the agent acted in its own interest at the expense of the principal. Morgan Stanley, 958 S.W.2d 178, 179 (Tex. 1997). The Court also held that if a corporation does not complain about its agent's actions, then the agent cannot be held to have acted contrary to the corporation's interests. See id. at 182.