Trees v. Lewis

DURHAM, Justice:

Walter Lewis (seller) appeals from a judgment requiring him to specifically perform a contract to sell a ranch to James Trees (buyer).1 The case was, at seller’s request, tried to an advisory jury, which found against seller. The court adopted the advisory jury’s answers to special interrogatories in its findings of fact and conclusions of law. On appeal, seller urges us to reverse on several grounds: the advisory jury erred in finding buyer had accepted seller’s counter offer; the jury erred in finding there was a meeting of the minds; the judge made several improper…