Solar Applications Engineering, Inc. v. T.A. Operating Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that party may be barred from receiving contract balance by failure to complete condition precedent
• recognizing that party may be barred from receiving contract balance by failure to complete condition precedent
• noting that the terms “if,” “provided that,” “on condition that,” or similar language is used to make performance conditional
• noting that, “[w]hen no conditional language is used and another reasonable interpretation of the contract is possible, ‘the terms will be construed as a covenant in order to prevent a forfeiture’”
• noting that, “[w]hen no conditional language is used and another reasonable interpretation of the contract is possible, ‘the terms will be construed as a covenant in order to prevent a forfeiture’”
• defining “condition precedent” as an event that must occur before a right can accrue to enforce an obligation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

90 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kachina Pipeline Company, Inc. v. Michael D. Lillis
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-10-09· cited 137×
• Bob Greene, as Next Friend of Lewayne Greene v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
  Texas Supreme Court· 2014-08-29· cited 121×
• Gulf Liquids New River Project, LLC v. Gulsby Engineering, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-11-10· cited 50×
• Lennar Corp. v. Markel American Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2013-08-23· cited 38×
• Sanchez Oil v. Crescent Drilling
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-07-30· cited 29×
• Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc. v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
  N.D. Texas· 2016-03-25· cited 26×
• Arbor Windsor Court, Ltd. v. Weekley Homes, LP
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-17· cited 22×
• Ashmita Unni Prakash v. Ashish and Aparna Kamat
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-01-28· cited 22×
• Conn Credit I, L.P. v. TF Loanco III, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-09-10· cited 22×
• Richard Abrams v. Marguerite Salinas A/K/A Marguerit Y. Salinas F/K/A Marguerite Abrams and Ashely Abrams A/K/A Ashley N. Abrams
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-05-06· cited 17×
• Kenneth Ray Waldrop v. Teresa Waldrop
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2018-06-07· cited 13×
• C & C Road Construction, Inc./SAAB Site Contractors, L.P. v. SAAB Site Contractors, L.P./C & C Road Construction, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2019-03-29· cited 11×
• William Wade Bartlett v. Lori Lee Bartlett
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-30· cited 10×
• City of Willow Park, Texas v. E.S. & C.M., Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-02-06· cited 10×
• London v. London
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-14· cited 9×
• Julius Tabe v. Texas Inpatient Consultants, LLP
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2018-07-26· cited 9×
• Sanders Oil & Gas, Ltd. v. Big Lake Kay Constr., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-02-28· cited 7×
• Dike v. Valley Forge Insurance
  S.D. Texas· 2011-06-23· cited 6×
• Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. and Enterprise Products Operating LLC v. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Fuel, L.P.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2017-07-18· cited 5×
• Note Investment Group, Inc. v. Associates First Capital Corp.
  E.D. Texas· 2015-03-16· cited 5×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fort Worth Independent School District v. City of Fort Worth
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-08-24· cited 463×
• Hohenberg Bros. Co. v. George E. Gibbons & Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-05-12· cited 309×
• Hernandez v. Gulf Group Lloyds
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 308×
• Criswell v. European Crossroads Shopping Center, Ltd.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-06-20· cited 245×
• Centex Corp. v. Dalton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-12-16· cited 215×
• Landscape Design & Construction, Inc. v. Harold Thomas Excavating, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-07-23· cited 49×
• Lesikar Construction Company v. Acoustex, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-04-26· cited 29×
• TA Operating Corp. v. Solar Applications Engineering, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2006-02-08· cited 16×