Legal Opinion
Fidelity Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Morrison & Miller, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided January 19, 1989No. 09-87-241-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIES, Chief Justice.
Morrison & Miller, Inc. (Morrison) was the general contractor for a building project owned by Washington West, Ltd. (Wash-West), a limited partnership. Wash-West defaulted on its loan from Fidelity Savings & Loan Association (Fidelity) obtained to finance the project, and Fidelity foreclosed. Morrison brought suit against Fidelity for unpaid labor and materials it provided, claiming that it was the third-party beneficiary of a contract between Wash-West and Fidelity and that it was entitled to recover under the theory of quantum meruit. Trial was to a jury which…
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