Carter v. Portwood

The parties will be styled as in the trial court. This suit was filed by the plaintiff, Portwood, in the district court of Baylor county, against Roy I. Carter, defendant, seeking to recover the sum of $6,000, balance due on the sale of oil and gas leases upon two tracts of land. The case was transferred 'to the district court of Wichita county and there tried.

The case was submitted to a jury upon special issues, and, on the answers of the jury to such special issues, the trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiff, as prayed for. Prom this judgment, this appeal has been taken.

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