Ford v. Culbertson

This suit for damages was brought by petitioners against respondent for the breach of respondent’s alleged contract to purchase certain mineral royalty interests owned by the estate of Warren Wrig'ht, deceased, in the State of Mississippi. The parties will hereafter be designated as in the trial court.

The principal question presented for determination by this Court is whether the record presents evidence which would entitle plaintiffs to have submitted to a jury for its determination the question of whether the defendant by his conduct had waived his title requirement that the only substitute…