POLIS v. ALFORD

No. 12717.

273 S.W.2d 79 (1954)

A. K. POLIS, Appellant, v. A. B. ALFORD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley, Looney, McLean & Littleton, Edinburg, for appellant.

J. F. Carl, Edinburg, for appellee.


POPE, Justice.

This suit concerns the application of the rule of minimizing damages sustained by the breach of a contract. A. B. Alford sued and obtained a judgment for $670 against his landlord, A. K. Polis. The suit asserted the breach of a written farm lease executed on January 14, 1952. The lease provided that Alford should plant cotton on the property in question. The portion of the contract which was breached provided...

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