Rector v. De Arana

GRIFFIN, Justice.

Gregorio De Arana, as plaintiff, sued J. M. Rector, Jr., d/b/a Ponderosa Mills of Mexico, as defendant, in a district court of El Paso County, Texas, for damages resulting from a breach of a contract where in Rector agreed to purchase from De Ar-ana 1,000,000 board feet of mill run lumber f. o. b. La Mesa Huracan, Mexico, at the price of $60.00 per 1000 board feet. After a jury trial and based on the jury’s answers to special issues, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of De Arana against Rector for $20,680.00. On appeal to a Court of Civil Appeals that court required…