Cocke v. Pacific Gulf Development Corp.

EVANS, Justice.

The plaintiff, W. Howell Cocke, Jr., and his wife Beulah Cocke, the owners-lessors of a motor hotel, appeal from a declaratory judgment construing the term “total gross room revenues” and awarding money damages.

In 1964 plaintiffs herein called (“Cocke”) and the defendants, Grisebaum Group, entered into an agreement whereby Cocke purchased certain land on the Katy .Freeway, built a motor hotel and leased the premises to the Grisebaum Group for the purpose of furnishing and managing the same as a motor hotel. The lease agreement provided for a minimum base rental, to be…