Martin v. Darcy

POPE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Harris P. Darcy, sued Glen A. Martin for breach of a farm-out agreement, 1 and recovered $3,500 damages under the express terms of the contract, and an additional $3,000 for loss of profits. Martin, by this appeal, insists that the trial court erred (1) in submitting the first special issue which called upon the jury to construe the legal instrument, (2) in submitting the second issue and rendering judgment upon it, when there was no evidence in support of the issue, and (3) in making its own findings upon the amount of lost profits, when there was no evidence of the…