Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Sills
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 5, 1953No. 4888PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant N. W. Murphy is the plaintiff and appellees R. E. Sills and wife are the defendants and also are cross-plaintiffs.
On November 16, 1942 the plaintiff leased to the defendant Sills, in writing, certain land in the Wm. Harris Survey in Liberty County. The lease was for a term of 12 months, at a rental of $20 per month, and it contained an offer by lessor Murphy to lessee Sills to sell to Sills the demised property, or a part of it, when the lease ended. This offer is the source of the suit now on appeal.
Defendant Sills and wife moved a small dwelling house upon the property…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Gulf Production Co. v. Continental Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
- Fievel v. ZuberTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Matney v. OdomTexas Supreme Court · 1948
- Goldfrank, Frank & Co. v. YoungTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Village Mills Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1922
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Amarillo Independent School District v. BrockmeyerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Deanna Dominey, Individually and as Admininstrator of the Estate of Donald J. Dominey v. the Unknown Heirs and Legal Representatives of Linda Lokomski and Kenneth Lokomski, and Rick Runge, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2005
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