Osborne v. Moore

Mr. Judge GALLAGHER

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A. .

This is a suit by William Osborne as plaintiff against John T. Moore as defendant, for specific performance of a verbal contract by which defendant agreed to sell and plaintiff agreed to buy a block of land together with a six room house thereon situated on North Oak Street in the city of Mineral Wells, and particularly described as block 11 of the Wiggins Addition to said city. The defendant, among other defenses, invoked the statute of frauds. The writing offered by plaintiff as compliance with the…