GORBETT BROS. STEEL CO. v. ANDERSON, CLAYTON & CO.

No. 16542.

533 S.W.2d 413 (1976)

GORBETT BROS. STEEL COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. ANDERSON, CLAYTON & COMPANY, Appellee.

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

January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, Larry M. Lesh, Dallas, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley & Brown, Jess H. Hall, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Fulbright & Jaworski, Blake Tartt, Richard N. Carrell, Houston, for appellee.


PEDEN, Justice.

Defendant, Gorbett Bros., appeals from a judgment awarding $101,080.83 to Anderson, Clayton & Co. (ACCO), as damages resulting from the collapse of a soybean tank fabricated and erected by Gorbett Bros. The tank was built in Osceola, Arkansas, pursuant to a purchase order contract, and ACCO paid Gorbett Bros. $34,590 for it. Several years earlier, Gorbett had submitted detailed blueprints for the fabrication and erection of similar surge tanks...

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