Walker v. Sharpe

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

Mary Ellen Walker appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of her suit against Thomas G. Sharpe, Jr. for breach of an agreement to pay the full amount for the purchase of Walker’s house. We reverse the judgment of dismissal and remand this case to the trial court.

After the death of her husband, Mary Ellen Walker, in her capacity as Independent Executrix of. her husband’s estate, agreed to sell the couple’s home to Thomas G. Sharpe, Jr. for $85,000.00. She claimed that Sharpe had agreed to assume the $40,-625.37 mortgage and to pay the balance of the sale price over a…