Johnson v. Portwood
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified by Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Suit upon six vendor’s lien notes. The defendant pleaded an adjustment made in a former suit upon the notes, by which a cash payment was made and a further payment and the reconveyance of one-third interest in the land within 30 days promised.
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Questions certified by Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Suit upon six vendor’s lien notes. The defendant pleaded an adjustment made in a former suit upon the notes, by which a cash payment was made and a further payment and the reconveyance of one-third interest in the land within 30 days promised. It was further alleged that the option had been extended to 60 days, and that within the extended time defendant had tendered the money and the reconveyance for the one-third of the land. Intervener alleged that he, acting for the defendant, had made a…
1Opinion
The Court of Civil Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District, seeking to have this court determine certain questions involved in the above stated case now pending in that court, have submitted for our consideration the following certificate:
"In this cause this court heretofore rendered a decision in which one of the judges thereof dissented to the conclusions of law expressed by the majority ordering that the judgment be reversed and the cause be remanded for a new trial. The grounds for dissent still adhered to are entered in the opinion of the court, a copy of which accompanies this…
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