Eames v. Tullis

COLLINGS, Justice.

Eugene Lane Tullís guardian of the person and estate of John Thomas Tullís, a non compos mentis, brought suit in trespass to try title against O. T. Eames. The defendant filed a plea of not guilty, and then filed an amended pleading claiming title to only a portion of the property described in the original suit under a contract of sale referred to as defendant’s “Exhibit A”. The defendant asked specific performance of the contract of sale. Plaintiff by amended pleadings denied that a contract of sale existed between the parties, denied that a contract of sale in writing…