Francis v. Thomas

Mr. Judge Hickman

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

In the trial court plaintiff in error Dr. J. C. Francis was the plaintiff and defendants in error W. M. Thomas, B. F. Findley and G. C. Finch, sometimes called Grover Finch, were defendants. For convenience they will be designated here as in the trial court. Plaintiff brought this suit against defendants to enforce specific performance of certain contracts claimed to have been made by him with them by the terms of which they agreed to convey to him certain mineral interests in a 50 acre tract of land in Gregg…