City of Arlington v. Bardin

OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

The appellees, William P. Bardin, et al., filed suit against the appellant, City of Arlington, Texas, for specific performance of a contract to require it to reconvey to them 21.76 acres of land out of a 68.31 acre tract which appellant had previously purchased from appellees. The appellant denied the appellees’ right to specific per*184formance, and in the alternative, filed a cross-action to condemn the 21.76 acres which was described by metes and bounds in the appellant’s cross-action. The trial court required separate trials of appellees’ action and the appellant’s…