Shaper v. Gilkison

HUGHES, Justice.

This suit is by a purchaser for the recovery of $1,000 deposited under the terms of a contract for the sale of real estate.

Appellee, Joseph I. Gilkison, and his wife were the “purchasers,” appellant George A. Shaper and his wife were the “sellers,” and appellant L. Lee Brasfield was the agent of “sellers.”

The contract was made upon a printed form called “Contract of Sale and Receipt of Earnest Money.” The handwritten provisions of this contract, which we will .indicate, were all inserted by the agent Bras-field. The material provisions of the contract are: _

“Mr. & Mrs. Geo. H.…