Gulf Freeway Lumber Co. v. Houston Investment Realty Trust

BARRON, Justice.

This appeal has been perfected by Gulf Freeway Lumber Company, plaintiff in the trial court, from a take-nothing judgment rendered in favor of defendants, Houston Investment Realty Trust and Benjamin D. Thompson. The parties will sometimes be referred to by their trial court designations.

Prior to November 28, 1966, plaintiff, acting through its president, Robert E. Pine, discussed with Benjamin D. Thompson, a trustee of the defendant Trust, the possibility of selling the White House Apartments owned, by the plaintiff to the defendant Trust. The apartment project was in…