Rincon Inv. Co. v. White

SMITH, Chief Justice.

This is the second appeal in this case, 54 S.W.(2d) 1052. In the first appeal writ of error was dismissed by the Supreme Court for want of jurisdiction. There is but little, if any, material difference between the records in the two appeals. The record is quite voluminous, embracing a great mass of verbose and irrelevant pleadings and evidence.

On October 1, 1926, Philip Welhausen and W. C. Driscoll, doing business under the firm name of Welhausen and Driscoll, purchased, from Harvey and Ray, 15,000 acres of land in San Patricio and Aransas counties. The purchase was made…