Legal Opinion
Shirley v. Coffin
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 9, 1910No. 2086PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Deaf Smith County. Shirley sued Coffin and others, and appealed from a judgment in favor of defendants. On its affirmance he obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This is an action by plaintiff in error for specific performance, in the trial of which, when plaintiff had introduced all his evidence, the court directed a verdict for defendant. The plaintiff relied on the following instrument:
“The State of Texas,
County of Deaf Smith.
“This indenture, entered into in duplicate, this, the 23d day of February, 1906, by and between J. M. Coffin, of Hill County, Texas, acting by and through C. G. Witherspoon and L. Gough as his agents, party of the first part, and T. • E. Shirley, of McLennan County, Texas, party of the second part, witnesseth:
“That the said…
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