Yates v. Buttrell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant County. Tried below before Hon. Jas. W. Swayne.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, Chief Justice.
By a contract in writing dated December 17, 1907, appellants, J. F. Yates and Mike Ditto, in consideration of $25,000 to be paid by Buttrell & Sons, sold to said Buttrell & Sons a tract of land described as 573 acres known as the S. C. Henderson farm. In payment of the $25,000 Buttrell & Sons, by the terms of the contract, were to assume and pay as their own a debt secured by a lien on the land, for the payment of which Yates and Ditto had become liable, amounting, it was recited in the contract, to the sum of $8000; were to convey to Yates and Ditto a house and lot…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Franco-Texan Land Co. v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1892
- Rich v. FergusonTexas Supreme Court · 1876
- Bailey v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Sibley v. HayesTexas Supreme Court · 1902
- Hatch v. De La GarzaTexas Supreme Court · 1851
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Adams v. Fidelity Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Brown v. YoakumCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Summit Place Co. v. TerrellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Yates v. ButtrillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Brown v. YoakumCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914