Thrower v. Brownlee

Chief Justice Willson thus states this ease:

“July 22, 1926, appellant, Brownlee, and appellee Thrower entered into a contract, in writing, whereby the latter agreed to convey or cause to be conveyed to the former certain lots in the city of Houston when Brownlee paid $8,000 in cash therefor, executed and delivered vendor lien promissory notes for sums aggregating $5,000, and assumed the payment of a note for $20,000 secured by a lien on the land. At the time the contract was entered into and as a compliance with one of its terms, Brownlee delivered his cheek for” $1,000 on the First National…