C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co. v. Delavan

STOKES, Justice.

On the 22d day of March, 1929, J. E. De-lavan, under a written contract, purchased from R. W. Crowder a tract of land located within the corporate limits of the city of Lubbock, approximately 173 feet north and south by 358 feet east and west. The tract was known as the Ferris place and had never been subdivided into lots, and no alley ran through it. It was bounded on the east by Avenue H and on the ¡west by Texas avenue. As consideration for the property, Delavan executed six notes in the sum of $1,000 each, which were afterwards assigned to Temple Trust Company and extended…