Edwards v. Norton
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wood. Tried below before Hon. C. B. Kilgore, special judge. On the 19th of July, 1875, B. J. Norton, appellee, filed his petition in the district court of Wood county against L. T. Edwards, for specific performance of a parol contract to convey lot No. 11, in block No. 3, in the town of Mineola, Wood county, Texas.
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Appeal from Wood. Tried below before Hon. C. B. Kilgore, special judge. On the 19th of July, 1875, B. J. Norton, appellee, filed his petition in the district court of Wood county against L. T. Edwards, for specific performance of a parol contract to convey lot No. 11, in block No. 3, in the town of Mineola, Wood county, Texas. On September 3, 1875, plaintiff filed an amended petition, setting out his cause of action, alleging possession, the payment of the purchase money, and the making of valuable and permanent improvements under the parol contract; charging that defendant Edwards was…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
By reference to the report of this case when formerly before this court (48 Tex., 291), it will be seen that it was a suit instituted July 19, 1875, by Norton against Edwards, to enforce specific performance of a parol sale of a town lot, and to recover rents collected by Edwards. -On the application of plaintiff, the premises were placed in charge of a receiver, with instructions to rent the same and collect the rents. After the reversal of the former judgment in favor of Norton, Elmer & Breen intervened, alleging a purchase and deed from Edwards on September 9,…
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