Legal Opinion

Mackay v. Cash

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 19, 1963No. 16164PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This suit involves the interpretation of a written instrument which is the basis of a suit for damages for breach of a contract.

The trial court, holding the contract to be-ambiguous, allowed extrinsic evidence to be *416received to explain the meaning of the document. Appropriate issues were submitted to a jury. The answers of the jury were favorable to appellee Cash. Based on the jury verdict judgment was rendered in favor of Cash that appellants take nothing. We have concluded that the judgment should be affirmed.

The contract is in the form of a letter as follows:

“March…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. AllisonTexas Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Mathews v. RyanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. American Abstract and Title Co. v. RiceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2004

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