FIKES v. TULL

No. 9001.

580 S.W.2d 911 (1979)

Jay FIKES, Individually, and d/b/a Fikes and Associates, a Partnership, and d/b/a King's Park Apartments, Appellant, v. Christopher McCandless TULL, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

April 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffith & Brister, Bill H. Brister, Lubbock, for appellant.

Miller, Miller & Tull, John H. Tull, Jr., Amarillo, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

The question is whether, and we hold that, recovery of statutory penalties for the retention of a tenant's security deposit beyond the time allowed by statute is, in the absence of evidence of a reasonable excuse for delay, proper even though the deposit is eventually returned. Affirmed.

Appellee-tenant, Christopher McCandless Tull, giving both timely advance notice of his intention to do so and a forwarding address to which his $75 security...

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