Case Name: Ella R. Davis v. Wm. Yates
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1882-10-25
Citations: 1 White & W. 106
Docket Number: No. 2168, R. Book No. 4, p. 232
Parties: Ella R. Davis v. Wm. Yates.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 106–106

Head Matter:
Ella R. Davis v. Wm. Yates.
(No. 2168, R. Book No. 4, p. 232.)
Appeal from Grayson County.
October 25, 1882.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Hurt, J.
§ 265. Breach of contract; suit for damages arising from. Before a party is entitled to damages for a breach of contract, he must show that he has complied with his part of the conditions, or offered to comply; and to be a legal offer, he must bring himself directly within the terms imposed by the conditions; e. g., if the conditions required him to deliver approved notes before he was entitled to possession of machinery, then he must actually offer good, merchantable paper. Without this he has no cause of action. A party seeking to recover for breach of contract must show a compliance on his part, or an offer with the ability to comply, before he should be permitted to recover.
Reversed and remanded.