Pickett v. Bishop

Mr. Justice S medley

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal question in this case is that of the sufficiency of the description of land contained in a memorandum in writing signed by respondent Bishop, the owner, authorizing petitioners Pickett and wife as real estate dealers to sell the land for a commission. The trial court’s judgment dismissing petitioners’ suit, after sustaining special exceptions to the petition, was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 219 S. W. (2d) 732.

The body of the memorandum signed by respondent describes the land as “my property described on the…