General Electric Co. v. Ducane Heating Corp.

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment on a cross-action for breach of a contractual duty to defend.

General Electric Company (G. E. or appellant) executed a sales contract with Du-cane Heating Corporation (Ducane) in 1966. Pursuant to that contract, Ducane agreed to sell, and G. E. agreed to buy, horizontal gas furnaces manufactured by Ducane. The furnaces contained controls manufactured by Honeywell, Inc. (Honeywell).

Oyce M. Thomas and Effie Thomas (the Thomases) purchased a new home in Houston, Texas in October 1968. The home contained a horizontal…