Smith v. Nash

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Smith appeal from a district court judgment denying their plea for specific enforcement of a contract for the sale of real estate. The contract was between Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nash as sellers and the Smiths as buyers, and provided for the sale of a house and lot in Paris, Texas, for a consideration of $12,500.00, $1,000.00 of which was to be paid at the execution of the contract and the balance to be paid in cash at closing. No date for the closing of the transaction, or for the expiration of the contract in the absence of a closing, was provided.…