Harris v. Potts

545 S.W.2d 126 (1976)

Jimmy D. HARRIS, Petitioner,

v.

Milton T. POTTS et al., Respondents.

No. B-5651.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 8, 1976.

Dougal C. Pope, Houston, for petitioner.

McClain & Harrell, W. C. McClain, Conroe, Ross Hightower, Livingston, for respondents.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

Jimmy D. Harris, plaintiff below, sought title to an interest in a tract of land under an oral contract of sale which he had made with the owners in 1962. After he presented his evidence, the trial court instructed the jury to enter a verdict for the defendants and entered judgment that Harris take nothing.…