Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Howe & Wise
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 5, 1963No. 14188PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Justice.
This is the second appeal of a suit on a contract to recover fees alleged to be due for supervisory engineering services. On this trial the issues were confined to the liability of the City for fees alleged to be due in connection with the removal and relocation of certain railroad property. The opinion of this Court on the previous appeal is reported under the style of City of Houston v. Howe & Wise, 323 S.W.2d 134.
The controversy grows out of a letter by the terms of which appellees waived their right to fees, to which they might become entitled under their contract, for…
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- Buchanan v. Burnett and WifeTexas Supreme Court · 1909
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