Legal Opinion

Mann v. White

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 7, 1921No. 1860. [fn*]Published

Appeal from District Court, Lubbock County; W. R. Spencer, Judge. Suit by J. P. White against Ed E. Mann and others for specific performance of a contract for the purchase of land. Judgment for the plaintiff, and Ed E. Mann and certain other defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBoyce, J.

J. P. White brought this suit against Ed P. Mann, Mallie D. Mann, his wife, E. D. Henry, R. S. Pershing, and others to enforce specific performance of a contract for the purchase by White of 2,952 acres of Haskell county school land, situated in Hockley county, Tex. It was alleged that the contract was made between plaintiff White and the defendant Ed F. Mann, and that thereafter Mann conveyed the land to E. D. Henry, who bound himself to carry out the terms of the sales contract with White. These allegations of plaintiff’s petition were established on the trial, and the real controversies in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Higgins v. Emily Johnson's HeirsTexas Supreme Court · 1857
  2. Royal Neighbors of America v. FletcherCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Wells v. CockrumTexas Supreme Court · 1854
  4. Clopper v. SageCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
  5. Wellborn v. Odd Fellows Building & Exchange Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1882

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