Legal Opinion
Renteria v. Trevino
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided June 6, 2002No. 14-01-01106-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES W. SEYMORE, Justice.
This is an appeal from a post-answer default judgment. We find there was legally insufficient evidence of damages to sustain the judgment. Accordingly, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellee Gerardo C. Trevino filed a breach of contract — failure to pay rent— claim against appellant Pablo Renteria, individually and doing business as Renteria Van Tours. Trevino alleged that he leased certain property to Renteria in exchange for $1,600.00 per month. Trevino and Renteria later agreed that Renteria would send the rent to the IRS in lieu of sending rent to Trevino. 1…
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