Daniels v. Garrett

C. L. Garrett brought this suit against C. H. Daniels for $2,000 damages for breach of contract to convey a lot of 2½ acres of land in Cisco, Tex. Tried before the court and resulted in judgment for $1,250. Appealed.

The first assignment is the court erred in permitting plaintiff, Garrett, to testify to the value of the land, because he had not qualified to express- an opinion as to its market value. His testimony as to his qualification was as follows:

“I suppose I had been in Cisco on an average of every six weeks along prior to then or about that time (about February 3, 1919). I didn’t make…