Court Opinion

ID: 9682880
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:18:59.433553+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:42.885526
License: Public Domain

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
As set forth in our original opinion, we sustained a point of error as to a cause of action for breach of contract and a cause of action for fraud in representing that Farmland would sue Lone Star if the gas which Mid Plains obtained was not purchased by Lone Star. In its motion for rehearing, Farmland contends that since the appeal by Mid Plains did not attack that part of the summary judgment which denied recovery on the other claims or cause of action, there should be no remand for a trial on those issues. We agree.
In addition to the two claims just noted, Mid Plains also sought to recover on claims that (1) Farmland fraudulently represented that the Lone Star contract was extremely solid, (2) Mid Plains was an intended third-party beneficiary of the contract between Farmland and Lone Star, and (3) Farmland breached a duty of good faith to Mid Plains. The summary judgment denied recovery on all claims. As noted above, we sustained points of error on two of the claims. No complaint was made as to the other three. As to the causes of action as to which there was no complaint, the judgment has become final and we may not reverse in the absence of properly assigned error. The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. J.R. Franclen, Inc., 710 S.W.2d 568 (Tex.1986).
The motion for rehearing of Farmland Industries, Inc., is granted in part and in part overruled. The motion for rehearing of Enerfin, Inc., is overruled.