You are hired by an organization to investigate claims against certain parties, and the organization’s president later directs you to file a lawsuit on those claims. Do you have authority to file suit? Maybe not, a recent case reveals.  The Board of Directors of Candle Meadows Homeowners Association voted to retain a lawyer to investigate certain expenditures by former board members. The HOA’s president later told the lawyer the board had voted to file suit against the former directors, and directed him to proceed. After the lawsuit had been pending about a year, the defendants filed a Motion to Show Authority under Rule 12 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.      Read the article…………………