Legal Opinion
RE/Max of Texas, Inc. v. Katar Corp.
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided September 23, 1997No. 01-96-01047-CVPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TAFT, Justice.
This is an unusual ease where the party who first defaulted on its payment obligation successfully sued the other party for its subsequent breach. We decide whether a party who has the contractual right to terminate a contract because of default by the other party also has the right to terminate part of the contract. We uphold the trial court’s decision that partial termination constituted a breach of the contract.
Background
In July 1987, appellant, RE/MAX of Texas, Inc. (RE/MAX), and appellee, Katar Corporation (Katar), owned by A.M. and Ruth Attar, entered into a license…
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