Reed v. Siler

BARRON, Justice.

This action was filed by Chester Reed, as trustee, against Ethel Boone Siler for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land in Harris County, Texas. The case was tried in the district court without the intervention of a jury, and at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case judgment was rendered for the defendant, Ethel Boone Siler. The plaintiff, Reed, has perfected his appeal to this Court.

The trial court ruled that the contract involved was void and unenforceable by *467reason of Article 3995 and Article 1288, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Civil Statutes then in effect, the…