Legal Opinion
O'Neal v. Bush
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1915No. 2368PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Action by E. V. O’Neal and others against Bush & Tillar. Judgment for plaintiffs for $25,000 was reversed and remanded by the Court of Civil Appeals (140 S. W. 242), and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
We copy the following statement of facts from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:
“Appellants owned about 50,000 acres of land in Scurry and other counties, which they contracted to sell to appellees. The contract was entered into on October 27, 1906, and was evidenced by a writing of that date. The price to be paid by appellees for the land was $6.50 per acre. They paid $10,000 on the purchase price at the time the contract was executed. By the terms of the contract, $15,000' of the part remaining unpaid of the purchase price was to be paid May 11, 19Ó7, and the remainder thereof at…
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