Court Opinion

ID: 9771862
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:56:37.553871+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:38.407548
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NYE, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I respectfully concur with the majority’s opinion in this cause. However, I find the majority’s disposition of appellants’ third point of error, and subsequently, our judgment, to be incomplete. In sustaining appellants’ third point of error, the majority held that the appellant was entitled to a refund of the $12,000.00 security deposit. While I agree with the return of the deposit, I believe that under the pleadings in this cause, and the record before us, the recovery was based on the contractual relationship between the parties arising out of the lease agreement. In this regard, our opinion should state that we are awarding the return of the deposit to appellants based on the contract between the parties and for no other reason.
Accrued interest should be awarded to the appellant based on the contractual relationship between the parties; otherwise the opinion is incomplete. It is apparent that where the lease agreement is made the basis of the return of the deposit, the date on which interest should run is the earliest date that the lessee was entitled to a return of his deposit. Commagere v. Anderson, 417 S.W.2d 875 (Tex.Civ.App.—Dallas 1967, no writ). In this case, that date is November 2, 1982.