Lone Star Steel Company v. Reeder

FANNING, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellees sued defendant-appellant seeking recovery of damages for an alleged breach of contract between appellant and the City of Hughes Springs, Texas, under which alleged contract ap-pellees claimed to be third party beneficiaries. In a trial before the court without the aid of a jury, judgment for damages in the amount of $11,000.00 was rendered in favor of appellees and against appellant. Appellant has appealed.

Plaintiffs executed and delivered to the defendant two iron ore leases on their land in the city limits of Hughes Springs, in Cass County, Texas. The…