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· 2/26/1986

Grenwelge v. Shamrock Reconstructors, Inc.

Citations

  • 705 S.W.2d 693
  • 29 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 239
  • 1986 Tex. LEXIS 941

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the jury's failure to find that the defendant breached the contract \merely means that the [plaintiffs] failed to carry their burden of proving the fact\
  • holding that the jury’s failure to find breach of contract meant the plaintiffs failed to carry their burden of proof, not that the defendant substantially performed the contract
  • holding that a jury’s failure to find breach of contract meant the plaintiffs failed to carry their burden of proof, not that the defendant substantially performed the contract
  • negative finding to defensive issue on breach of contract would not support proof that plaintiff substantially performed under the same contract
  • jury = s failure to find breach of contract meant the plaintiffs failed to carry burden of proof; it did not establish that the defendant substantially performed the contract
  • “The jury’s failure to find that Shamrock breached the contract merely means that the Grenwelges failed to carry their burden of proving the fact. It does not mean the reverse, that Shamrock substantially performed the contract.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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