Legal Opinion

Garrard v. Cantrell

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 2, 1921No. 1760PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Wichita County; Edgar Scurry, Judge. Action by B. E. Garrard against J. P. Cantrell and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

On the 3d day of February, 1919, the plaintiff, B. E. Garrard, and the defendant J. P. Cantrell and his associates, made an agreement by the terms of which the said Garrard agreed to sell to the said Cantrell and associates "an oil and gas lease" on 20 acres of land in Wichita county, Tex. The land to which the lease was to apply was particularly described and provision made for the examination of the title and payment of the consideration, $50,000, upon approval of the title. $10,000 was deposited in a bank at Wichita Falls, in escrow, to be paid as a part of the consideration. The contract…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Hurley v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  2. Hermann v. LikensTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Curdy v. StaffordTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Eakin v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Watson v. BakerTexas Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cantrell v. GarrardTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  2. Long v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Zucht v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  4. Kollaer v. PuckettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  5. McElroy v. DancigerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922

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