Couch v. Stewart

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the County Court at Law of Harris County, Texas, entered in part upon a jury’s verdict in response to special issues submitted, and in part upon independent findings of the court itself from what it terms “the undisputed facts”, decreeing that the ap-pellee “do have and recover of and from the appellant the sum of $300.00, with interest thereon during the time she had retained the same”, which money he had turned over to her under what the parties termed an “earnest-money agreement”, concerning the sale and purchase 'between them of a house…