Wheeler v. White

398 S.W.2d 93 (1965)

Ellis D. WHEELER, Petitioner,

v.

S. E. WHITE, Respondent.

No. A-10598.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 10, 1965.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1966.

Adams & Browne, Beaumont, for petitioner.

Keith, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, for respondent.

SMITH, Justice.

This is a suit for damages brought by petitioner, Ellis D. Wheeler, against respondent, S. E. White. Wheeler alleged that White had breached a contract[1] to secure a loan or furnish the money to finance the construction of improvements upon land owned by Wheeler. Wheeler further pleaded, in the alternative, that if the contract…