Hurlbut v. Ross

McGILL, Justice.

In this suit, filed in the County Court of Ector County, appellees were plaintiffs and appellant was defendant. Plaintiff Mrs. Ora McNamara Ross, joined by her husband, C. O. Ross, sought to recover $550 and plaintiff E. A. Colston sought to recover $300 of a deposit of $850 deposited by Mrs. Ross with defendant F. J. Hurlbut as part payment of the purchase price of lot No. 10 in block No. 20 Scharbauer Place, an addition to the city of Odessa in Ector County. Trial to a jury resulted in answers to two special issues which on plaintiffs’ motion were disregarded by the court…