Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. John Carlo Texas, Inc.

OPINION

HECHT, Justice.

The only issues we address in this case concern the trial court’s charge to the jury on intentional interference with contract.

The City of Houston notified Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in January 1984 that it intended to widen Fountain-view Drive between Westheimer and Highway 59. A City Ordinance provided:

The telephone company shall, upon the written request of the City, relocate its facilities situated within any street at no expense to the City where reasonable and necessary to accommodate street widening or improvement projects of the City.

Before contracting…