Robertson v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Suit by A. B. Robertson and others against Sidney P. Allen to cancel a contract for the sale of land. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. This suit was instituted by the appellants, complainants below, to cancel an alleged contract of sale of lands executed by Trammell & McCauley, purporting to act as agents of complainants, with the defendant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Suit by A. B. Robertson and others against Sidney P. Allen to cancel a contract for the sale of land. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. This suit was instituted by the appellants, complainants below, to cancel an alleged contract of sale of lands executed by Trammell & McCauley, purporting to act as agents of complainants, with the defendant. The bill, after1 jurisdictional and ownership averments, contains among others not necessary to recapitulate the following averments: “Third. “Thomas…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The two writings made between Scott & Robertson for the one part and Trammell & McCauley for the second part on the 29th day of September, 1906, constitute the agreements between the parties. No present consideration is alleged or shown. Specifying and analyzing these agreements, we find: That Trammell & McCauley were given a right to purchase the land in question for themselves or their nominee at any time within six months at the price of $6.50 per acre, in which case there were to be no commissions. This might have ripened into a binding contract if…
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