Hugley v. Caldwell

CIRE, Justice.

R. C. Hugley appeals from a judgment which denied him recovery of $10,000 allegedly due him pursuant to the terms of an earnest money contract. The trial court, after hearing the plaintiff’s case, granted the defendants’ motion for judgment that plaintiff take nothing.

On June 29, 1973, Hugley and D. R. Caldwell entered into an earnest money contract which provided for the sale of approximately 225 acres located in Brazoria County, Texas. The price per acre was set at $2,050.

The earnest money contract, a relatively lengthy document, contained, among other things, provisions for:…