PACIFIC COAST ENGINEERING CO. v. TRINITY CONST. COMPANY

No. B-2866.

481 S.W.2d 406 (1972)

PACIFIC COAST ENGINEERING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. TRINITY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobbitt & Kraft, Karl E. Kraft, Houston, for petitioner.

Barrow, Bland & Rehmet, David Bland, Houston, for respondent.


GREENHILL, Justice.

The writ of error was granted in this case to review the judgments of the courts below which denied attorneys' fees to the plaintiff below, Pacific Coast Engineering Company. The problem arises out of Article 2226, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes Annotated, which provides, among other things, for the recovery of attorneys' fees in suits to recover for labor done and "materials furnished." The Court of Civil Appeals held that four water control gates...

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