O'Shea v. Coronado Transmission Co.

OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

Jack O’Shea appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Coronado Transmission Company which had brought suit for declaratory judgment against O’Shea arising from a dispute over the terms of a contract. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

In 1975, Jack O’Shea learned of an opportunity to develop a gas pipeline project in Alabama from an ad in the Wall Street Journal. O’Shea telephoned Winfred Lott, the Alabama promoter, to gain details of the plan. He then approached his neighbor, Louis Fritz, to see if Fritz was interested in constructing…