Columbia Engineering International, Ltd. v. Dorman

602 S.W.2d 72 (1980)

COLUMBIA ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Appellant,

v.

James M. DORMAN et al., Appellees.

No. 8324.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

April 17, 1980.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1980.

John H. Benckenstein, Beaumont, for appellant.

Joe H. Tonahill, Jasper, for appellees.

DIES, Chief Justice.

Sometime prior to March 1974, the Kirby Lumber Corporation (hereafter Kirby) acquired a plant (Evans Co.) across Highway 92 (east side) from its mill in Silsbee with the intention to build in its place a particle board plant. The consulting engineer for the plant was Columbia Engineering…