Mothersead v. Harrington

Opinion by

ESTES, C.

Parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court, inverse to their order here. On July 27, 1922, one Calvert and his wife entered into a written contract for the sale of an oil and gas lease to plaintiffs Herrington and three others, on certain 80 acres of land belonging to the Calverts for the bonus sum of $2,200, lease being attached to the contract. The contract, the purchase price, and lease were placed in Oklahoma State Bank of Jennings “to be held in escrow under the terms hereinafter set forth,” among other things, to wit: That Calvert was a minor, but…