A. L. Carter Lumber Co. v. Saide

The plaintiff recovered judgment for actual and exemplary damages for breach of contract to sell land. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. (Opinion not reported.)

*525According to the finding of the jury, supported by certain undisputed facts, the A. L. Carter Lumber Company in 1936 contracted to sell Joseph P. Saide, Sr., the husband of the plaintiff, a house and lot, the same to be paid for in monthly installments of $25.70, with the right bn the part of the seller to declare a forfeiture for failure to meet the monthly payments. While the contract called for the payments to…