Dixie Oil Co. v. McBurnett

Defendant in error brought this suit against plaintiff in error for specific performance of an alleged contract, partly oral and partly written, to sell a portion of an oil and gas prospecting permit on university lands. The written portion of the contract was evidenced by a draft drawn by defendant in error on plaintiff in error, which contained the notation that the amount stipulated therein was payable, provided that the title, for which the draft was given, was subject to approval of plaintiff in error’s attorney, and the purchase thereof to the approval of the company’s officers in…