Beller v. De Lara

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit by Jose Garcia De Lara, an architect, against Dr. Barry M. Beller for damages for breach of contract and, in the alternative, on quantum meruit. The contract involved was a Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect of the American Institute of Architecture, and covered the construction of a lake house at Lake Lyndon B. Johnson for defendant. Defendant terminated the contract after he had paid plaintiff a small amount for services during the early phases of the contract. Trial was to a jury with a number of special issues submitted 1 and judgment…