Crutcher v. Aiken

Appellants brought this suit against the appellees, J. O. Aiken and Texas Bank & Trust Company, to recover the sum of $1,000, deposited by Aiken with the bank under the terms of a contract of sale of land entered into on November 15, 1921, between appellants, as first parties, and Aiken, as second party. The case was tried without a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of ap-pellees.

The contract provided that the appellants should convey the land by general warranty deed, reserving a lien to secure the payment of purchase-mopey notes to be executed by Aiken in part payment. The contract price…