Fretz Construction Co. v. Southern National Bank of Houston

McGEE, Justice.

Fretz Construction Company (Fretz), a general contractor, sued Southern National Bank of Houston (Bank), the interim lender on a construction project, for damages for breach of contract, breach of third-party beneficiary contract, promissory estoppel, and fraud. In answers to special issues, the jury returned findings favorable to Fretz on its breach of contract, third-party beneficiary, and promissory estoppel claims, but failed to find all the elements needed for Fretz’s fraud theory. The trial court disregarded the jury’s answers under the contract and fraud theories and…