Hereford v. Tilson

This is a suit filed by T. I. Tilson et ux, respondents, against John Hereford, petitioner, for specific performance of an alleged contract to convey real estate. A trial court judgment for the Tilsons was affirmed by the court of civil appeals. 198 S. W. (2d) 275.

By bill of sale executed on April 4, 1944, Hereford sold to the Tilsons “all that certain business heretofore known as Kallus Grocery, conducted at No. 1805 South Haskell, Dallas, Texas.”

On the same day, by written instrument, Hereford leased to the Tilsons the real estate in suit, describing it as “lying and being situated in the…