Hernandez v. Herbert

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that “under Texas law privity of contract is an essential element necessary to any recovery in an action based on contract”
• “In construction contracts, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, a subcontractor is not in privity with the owner and thus looks to the general contractor alone for payment. The owner is liable for payment only to the general contractor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).