South Texas Land Co. v. Sorensen

Db Grabe, J. —

This appeal concerns itself with rulings of the trial court (1) on plaintiff’s motion to strike certain paragraphs from the answer of defendant Sorensen, and (2) on plaintiff’s demurrer to' the same subject-matter alleged in Counts 4 and 5 of the counterclaim.

A brief statement of the pleaded facts will make plain the issues involved. On February 26, 1919, the defendant Sorensen entered into a written contract with the plaintiff land company for the purchase of a 77-acre parcel of Texas-land for «$25,025, with payments in specified amounts on certain-dates fixed by the contract.…