Taylor v. Lester

Appellant sued appellees for breach of contract whereby appellant agreed to transfer to appellee Lester certain oil leases. The trial court sustained three special exceptions to plaintiff's petition which questioned the sufficiency of the description of the lands in the writings sued upon as meeting the requirements of the Statute of Frauds (Rev.St. 1925, art. 3995), and the suit was thereupon dismissed. From this judgment Taylor has appealed.

The sole question presented is whether the writings sued on described the land proposed to be leased with sufficient definiteness to meet the objections…