Legal Opinion
Houston Lighting & Power Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided August 31, 1993No. 06-92-00083-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BLEIL, Justice.
Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL & P) appeals from a judgment requiring it to pay Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) $305,000.00 on the basis of an indemnity agreement. The issues on appeal are whether the indemnity agreement applies to the type of conduct which gave rise to this suit, whether Santa Fe is precluded from seeking indemnification from HL & P because it breached a condition precedent, and whether there is no evidence or insufficient evidence to support the jury’s findings justifying liability. We resolve these issues in favor of Santa Fe and…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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