Luna v. Flores

SHILLINGLAW, Justice.

This is an appeal of an action brought by the plaintiff-vendor Melcor Luna, appellee here, against the defendant-purchasers Jacinto Flores and his son Jacinto R. Flores, appellants here, and the Century Life Insurance Company. The litigation, tried in the District Court of Torrance County before the Hon. Garnett R. Burks without a jury, arose from a real estate transaction wherein the vendor agreed to sell his ranch to the purchasers.

Following extended preliminary oral negotiations in the fall of 1955, the contract was reduced to writing on February 23, 1956, the…