Tucker v. Boyd

293 S.W.2d 841 (1956)

L. H. TUCKER and Jack Tucker, Petitioners,

v.

Jack BOYD, Respondent.

No. A-5811.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 18, 1956.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1956.

Will D. Pace, Tyler, for petitioners.

Kenneth R. King, Tyler, for respondent.

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by respondent, Jack Boyd, against petitioners, L. H. Tucker and Jack Tucker, for damages for the breach of an alleged oral contract claimed to be collateral to a written contract of sale and to a deed executed and delivered shortly after the date of the contract by petitioners to respondent conveying a house and…