Reid v. McKinney Independent School District

BOYD, Justice.

W. G. Reid, who had a contract with McKinney Independent School District for school construction work, sued the District, alleging that it wrongfully terminated the contract before its completion, thereby depriving him of $42,059.50 in anticipated profits; that work in addition to that called for in the original contract was requested by the District and performed by him, for which the District owed him the sum of $182,350.89; and that he was entitled to a judgment for $50,000 attorney’s fees. Reid made Wyatt C. Hedrick, the District’s architect, and the individual Trustees…