Challenger Sales & Supply v. Haltenberger

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

In the spring of 1981, Jules Haltenberger contracted to purchase three drilling rigs from Skytop Brewster, Inc. The completed rigs were scheduled to be delivered in September 1981, October 1981, and January 1982. Only one of these rigs was ever delivered to Haltenberger. This was the NE-95 rig, originally scheduled for delivery in September 1981.

Haltenberger authorized Freddie Freder-icksen, a Montgomery County resident, and Tommy Meeks to sell the three rigs for him. In July 1981, Fredericksen and Meeks negotiated an agreement with a representative of Challenger…