Bendalin v. Delgado

WALKER, Justice.

This began as a suit by Robert R. Delgado, Sr., respondent, for specific performance of an alleged oral contract whereby S. D. Bendalin, petitioner, agreed to purchase, at an unspecified price, respondent’s fifty shares of stock in Consumers Wholesale Lumber Company. After the verdict but before judgment, respondent filed a trial amendment which asked alternatively for specific performance or damages. In response to Special Issues Nos. 1 and 2, the jury found: (1) that petitioner did agree to purchase the stock; and (2) that the reasonable value of the stock on February 21,…