E & E Investments v. Strong

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

A landlord appeals a judgment rendered against it for failing to return a security deposit in violation of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 5236e (Supp.1980). The issue is whether the tenant sustained her burden to prove that the defendant was the landlord at the time the security deposit should have been returned.

We affirm.

Genevieve Strong leased an apartment at the Embassy East Apartments in May 1976. She tendered to the Embassy East management a security deposit in the form of a check in the amount of $75.00. Although Ms. Strong’s check was endorsed by Embassy East, the…