Legal Opinion
Tortuguero Logging Operation, Limited v. Houston
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 17, 1961No. 13727PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
Tortuguero Logging Operation, Ltd., sued George W. Lyles and John T. Barrow for breach of a contract to extract timber from certain Costa Rican lands. Reagan Houston, III, Independent Executor, was substituted as a party for Lyles, now deceased. Plaintiff obtained a judgment on a jury verdict for $14,874.97, and interest thereon, from November 15, 1948, in the sum of $10,098.08. Defendants have appealed and here urge that the trial court applied the wrong measure of damage, and also that the court improperly granted interest before judgment upon an unliquidat-ed claim.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Southwest Battery Corp. v. OwenTexas Supreme Court · 1938
- Watkins v. JunkerTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Texas Co. v. State & Duval County Ranch Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1955
- Ewing, Ind. Exs. v. Wm. L. Foley, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1926
- Porter & McMillan v. Burkett, Murphy & BurnsTexas Supreme Court · 1886
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Seguros Tepeyac, S.A., Compania Mexicana De Seguros Generales v. Maynard Bostrom and James L. JerniganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. StoolCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
- DeLuca v. Munzel, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1984
- LTV Aerospace Corporation v. BatemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Casey v. Sanborn's Inc. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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