Joines v. Burke

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment suit brought by the plaintiffs, Robert R. Joines and wife, Nettie Mae Joines, against defendant, Kathleen Burke, seeking to obtain a judgment declaring that a contract for the sale of certain real property belonging to the plaintiffs located in Jackson County, Texas, was unenforceable, null and void. Trial was before the court without intervention of a jury. The trial court entered judgment declaring that the contract, made the basis of this suit, obligated the defendant purchaser, at her expense and upon her initiative, to undertake a…