Matney v. Odom

This is an action for specific performance of an option for the sale of four acres of land contained in a ten-year written lease executed in April, 1939, by Arthur G. Odom, as lessor, and J. N. Matney, as lessee. The court (the trial was without a jury) concluded, among other things, that the description of the land set out in the contract was insufficient to comply with the statute of frauds (Art. 3995, R. C. S.), and rendered judgment accordingly that plaintiff was not entitled to specific performance. The judgment was affirmed by the Texarkana Court of Civil Appeals, Chief Justice Hall…