Roberts v. Armstrong
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Suit by R. A. Armstrong against G. C. Gifford, wherein B. C. Roberts and others, executors of defendant, were made parties defendant in his stead on his death. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appealed to the Court of Civil Ap'peals, which affirmed (212 S. W. 227), and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtGallagher, J.
R. A. Armstrong, defendant in error, instituted this suit in the district court of Wharton county against G. C. Gifford, and alleged that said Gifford by a contract in writing dated February 21, 1913, in consideration of $1,000, gave him an option on 531 acres of land in said county at $60 per acre, and that said option was to be exercised, if at all, on or before August 1, 1913.
It was further alleged that said contract provided that the consideration for the purchase of said land under said option should be paid one-half cash and the remainder in one, two; three, and four years, and that…
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