Bird v. Lester
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error to District Court, Garza County; W. R. Spencer, Judge. Action by J. A. Bird against J. P. Lester and others. From a judgment on demurrer for defendants, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The plaintiff in error instituted this suit in the district court of Garza county, against defendants in error, J. P. Lester and wife, Loula Lester, and their vendees, H. G. Smith and J. P. Crowley. The petition contains three counts. In the first count plaintiff in error seeks specific performance of a certain contract executed in the name of J. P. Lester, in which the name of Loula Lester was signed “by J. P. Lester,” and reciting that the said Lester had executed a deed of conveyance to a certain section of land described in the contract for and in consideration of the sum of $2,500, paid…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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