Houston Natural Gas Corporation v. Janak

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Houston Natural Gas Corporation from a $7500 judgment for plaintiff Janak, in a false representation case.

Plaintiff Janak sued Defendant Gas Company, Wayne Lippert, Active Air Conditioning, and others, for falsely representing that the air conditioning contracted for by Janak for a 50 unit apartment house he was building, would be sufficient to adequately cool the apartments. Plaintiff alleged defendant Gas Company, through its employee Lippert, represented the gas air conditioning contracted for would be sufficient; that it was in…