Irvin v. Lambert, 9289.
Decision Date | 04 April 1934 |
Docket Number | No. 9289.,9289. |
Citation | 70 S.W.2d 495 |
Parties | IRVIN v. LAMBERT et al. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Nueces County; W. B. Hopkins, Judge.
Suit by W. V. Irvin against M. F. Lambert and another. Judgment in favor of plaintiff against unnamed defendant. From a judgment for named defendant, plaintiff appeals.
Reversed and rendered.
Sidney P. Chandler, of Corpus Christi, for appellant.
B. D. Tarlton and L. Hamilton Lowe, both of Corpus Christi, for appellee.
Appellant, W. V. Irvin, instituted this suit in the district court of Nueces county against one L. R. Clarkson and appellee Mrs. M. F. Lambert, seeking to recover the sum of $2,500 earnest money posted for the faithful performance of a contract of purchase of 1,000 acres of land, together with money expended in improving the 1,000 acres.
Clarkson was sued for an accounting and settlement of the affairs of a partnership existing between appellant and Clarkson. Appellant recovered a judgment against Clarkson, and he has not appealed. Thus the controversy involved in this appeal is between Irvin and Mrs. M. F. Lambert.
The contract of purchase was as follows:
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