Metal Structures Corp. v. Plains Textiles, Inc.

REYNOLDS, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding damages resulting from a building construction failure. The judgment of the trial court, as hereinafter reformed, is affirmed.

Plains Textiles, Inc., appellee herein, organized for the purpose of constructing and operating a textile spinning mill in Lubbock County, employed Bill G. Eppes, an architect and engineer, to design the building, and entered into a construction contract with H. C. Lewis as the general contractor. Stout Steel Builders, Inc., a franchise dealer of Metal Structures Corporation, appellant…