Burnett v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Knox County; Jo. A. P. Dickson, Judge. Action by S. B. Burnett against J. J. Mitchell and wife. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action by S. B. Burnett against J. J. Mitchell and wife seeking a decree for specific performance of a contract to convey certain lands in Knox county. The case was submitted to a jury on special issues, and, from a judgment in favor of defendants, the plaintiff has appealed.
The contract whereby appellee J. J. Mitchell bound himself to convey to appellant the lands in controversy was not signed by Mrs. Mitchell and embraced lands occupied and claimed by the Mitchells as their homestead. This contract did not fix the price of the various tracts or any of them as to that, but…
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