" MOORE" BURGER, INC. v. Phillips Petroleum Company

492 S.W.2d 934 (1972)

"MOORE" BURGER, INC., Petitioner,

v.

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY et al., Respondents.

No. B-3011.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 4, 1972.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1973.

Phillip W. Gilbert, Austin, for petitioner.

Stayton, Maloney, Black, Hearne & Babb, John W. Stayton, Coleman Gay, Austin, for respondents.

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

This suit is by "Moore" Burger, Inc. against C. Milton Dowd, Albert Craus and Phillips Petroleum Company for compensatory and exemplary damages for breach of a contract to lease two tracts of land to the plaintiff, or, alternatively, for specific…