Murray v. Crest Construction, Inc.

On Application for WRIT of Error to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth District of Texas

This case involves a contract dispute between James and Judy Murray and Crest Construction, Inc. 1 Crest hired James Murray as a subcontractor on three projects known as the “Beaumont job,” the “Cooper job” and the “Borden job.” A dispute arose over Crest’s obligation to make weekly rather than monthly payments to Murray. Without weekly payments Murray was unable to continue the projects and walked off all three jobs, leaving the Beaumont job ninety percent complete, the Cooper job thirty-five percent…