Owens v. Row

HALE, Justice.

Mrs. L. J. Row, individually and as community survivor of her deceased husband, sued Mrs. Lillian Owens and husband for cancellation of a deed upon the ground that the consideration therefor had wholly failed. The case was tried to a jury on special issues and resulted in judgment cancelling the deed. Mrs. Owens and husband have appealed. They say the judgment should be reversed because the court erred in overruling their motions for peremptory instruction and judgment non obstante veredicto, respectively, and because the findings of the jury are contrary to the overwhelming…