CITY OF HOUSTON v. UNITED COMPOST SERVICES, INC.

No. 15791.

477 S.W.2d 349 (1972)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. UNITED COMPOST SERVICES, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Olson, City Atty., City of Houston, W. Lawrence Cook, Senior Asst. City Atty., Willard E. Dollahon, Senior Asst. City Atty., Houston, for appellant.

Fulbright, Crooker & Jaworski, Alton F. Curry, Houston, for appellee, United Compost Services, Inc.

Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Smith, James W. McCartney, Houston, for appellees, Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co. and First City National Bank of Houston.


BELL, Chief Justice.

Appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee by which it recovered from appellant the sum of $2,093,669.95 as damages growing out of the breach by appellant of a contract with appellee under which appellee agreed to construct and operate a garbage composting plant. The case was submitted to the jury on three theories of recovery. The first theory was breach of a valid contract by appellant, and the second, and alternative, theory was a contract...

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