Arvol D. Hays Construction Co. v. R & M Agency Corp.

OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

R & M Agency Corporation, appellee, instituted this suit against the appellant, Ar-vol D. Hays Construction Company, a corporation, and its surety, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. It alleged various breaches by the appellant of a written contract to construct the University Plaza Shopping Center in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, for the appellee for the contract price of $1,-095,880.00. The appellee alleged prolonged work stoppages, abandonment or virtual abandonment of the contract by appellant, the discharge of the appellant as contractor…