Tower Contracting Company v. Flores

How courts have described this case

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

• except in cases where specific performance is proper, non-repudiating party “cannot afterwards go on, and thereby increase the damages, and then recover such damages from the other party”
• “the proper measure of damages, where the contractor sues on the contract, is … the contract value of the work actually done plus any profit the contractor would have made had he been permitted to complete the performance of his contract”
• contractual meaning not derived from piecemeal portions of contract
• contractual meaning not derived from piecemeal portions of contract
• contractual meaning not derived from piecemeal portions of contract

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Cited by

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

• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Stahl Petroleum Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 165×
• Krishnan v. Sepulveda
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 125×
• Tempo Tamers, Inc. v. Crow-Houston Four, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1986-05-05· cited 69×
• Stahl Petroleum Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1977-04-06· cited 48×
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Gillman
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-01-16· cited 42×
• Berryman's South Fork, Inc. and Richard Berryman v. J. Baxter Brinkmann Internationial Corporation
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-11-20· cited 40×
• Creative Thinking Sources, Inc. v. Creative Thinking, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-05-02· cited 39×
• Sepulveda v. Krishnan
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-10-15· cited 36×
• Coon v. Schoeneman
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1972-01-21· cited 34×
• Kleiner v. Eubank
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1962-06-13· cited 30×
• Kirkwood & Morgan, Inc. v. Roach
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1962-07-11· cited 28×
• Meadows & Walker Drilling Company v. Phillips Petroleum Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-10-10· cited 27×
• Delhi Pipeline Corporation v. Lewis, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1966-04-28· cited 27×
• Piper, Stiles & Ladd v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Md.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1968-11-21· cited 25×
• County Management, Inc. v. Butler
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-03-30· cited 24×
• Roberts v. Mullen
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1969-09-29· cited 23×
• Skyland Developers, Inc. v. Sky Harbor Associates
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-05-31· cited 19×
• Robbins v. HNG Oil Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1994-06-23· cited 18×
• Texas West Oil & Gas Corp. v. El Paso Gas Transportation Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-01-20· cited 16×
• Wilfin, Inc. v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-02-16· cited 16×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. Daniel
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-10-31· cited 553×
• Waples-Platter Co. v. Commercial Standard Insurance
  Texas Supreme Court· 1956-10-03· cited 51×
• Tower Contracting Company v. Flores
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1956-10-04· cited 20×
• Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1929-10-15· cited 16×
• Hamill v. Burleson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1954-12-27· cited 2×

Other cases named Tower Contracting Company v. Flores

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Tower Contracting Company v. Flores
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1956-10-04· cited 20×