Central State Bank of Abilene v. Godfrey

This is a suit brought by the defendants in error, P. S. Godfrey and T. C. Eads, against the Central State Bank of Abilene, to enforce specific performance of an alleged contract to convey certain royalty and mineral .rights in three sections of land in Winkler county. Judgment for the plaintiff in error was rendered by the trial court, on an instructed verdict. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed this judgment. 5 S.W.(2d) 529.

A series of letters which passed between Godfrey and C. T. Hutchison, the latter acting for the plaintiff in error, is relied on as evidencing the contract which is…