McMurtry v. Hodges

Appellant sued for a specific performance of a written contract for an exchange of lands. The trial court denied the petition on the ground that it was in violation of the statute of frauds, in that the description of the lands in controversy is insufficient, and this all parties concede is the sole question presented to us for determination on this appeal.

The lands are described in the contract as follows:

“R. L. McMurtry agrees to sell, trade, and transfer 3,520 acres of land located in Deaf Smith county, being south of Adrian and being the same land that was inspected by W. L. Hodges on…