(Download) "Trinity Universal Insurance Company v. Ponsford Brothers" by Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Trinity Universal Insurance Company v. Ponsford Brothers
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 17, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
Description
Ponsford Brothers, a partnership, sued Trinity Universal Insurance Company to recover the funds Ponsford advanced to a subcontractor to enable the subcontractor to complete its contract for the excavation and dirt moving work incident to the construction of the Sun Bowl Stadium. Ponsford sued upon a contract it had with Trinity. The trial court, upon the basis of jury findings, rendered judgment for Ponsford in the sum of $111,792.93 and $7,500.00 attorney fees, and the court of civil appeals affirmed the judgment. 414 S.W.2d 16. Trinity urges a number of points, but most of them are satisfactorily treated by the opinion of the intermediate court. Decisive of the case will be our discussion of Trinitys points that the trial court erred in (1) treating the contract between Ponsford and Trinity as ambiguous, (2) admitting parol evidence of the surrounding circumstances to remove the ambiguity, (3) submitting a question of law to the jury, and (4) allowing attorney fees. We affirm the judgment below except for the allowance of attorney fees.