Kirkland v. Little
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Henderson. Tried below before the Hon. John Q-. Scott. Charles Little and Thomas Little sued in the District Court of Henderson county H. H. Kirkland upon the following obligation: “ SI,500. December 19, 1870. “ On or before the first day of January, 1872, I promise to pay Charles Little, Robert Little, and Thomas Little the sum of fifteen hundred dollars specie, for the balance of the purchase money of 350 acres of land situated in Henderson county, Texas; said…
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Appeal from Henderson. Tried below before the Hon. John Q-. Scott. Charles Little and Thomas Little sued in the District Court of Henderson county H. H. Kirkland upon the following obligation: “ SI,500. December 19, 1870. “ On or before the first day of January, 1872, I promise to pay Charles Little, Robert Little, and Thomas Little the sum of fifteen hundred dollars specie, for the balance of the purchase money of 350 acres of land situated in Henderson county, Texas; said amount, fifteen hundred dollars specie, to be paid at the time specified if the title to said land is perfected td the…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
The contract or agreement . upon which this suit is brought is copied in and made a part of the petition. By its terms appellant promised and bound himself to pay appellees, on or before the first day of January, 1872, the sum of fifteen hundred specie dollars, the balance of purchase money for a tract of land bought of them, if the title to said land should be perfected by that time to the satisfaction of appellant, otherwise not to be paid until said title was thus perfected. Evidently, at the time this agreement was entered into, the parties supposed that there was…
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