Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil, Co.

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding Pennzoil damages for Texaco’s tortious interference with a contract between Pennzoil and the “Getty entities” (Getty Oil Company, the Sarah C. Getty Trust, and the J. Paul Getty Museum).

The jury found, among other things, that:(1) At the end of a board meeting on January 3,1984, the Getty entities intended to bind themselves to an agreement providing for the purchase of Getty Oil stock, whereby the Sarah C. Getty Trust would own 4Ath of the stock and Pennzoil the remaining ¾⅛; and providing for a division of Getty Oil’s assets,…