SAWYER v. REED

No. 12560.

261 S.W.2d 197 (1953)

SAWYER et al. v. REED et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

September 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Brown, San Antonio, for appellants.

Harrison & Smallwood, San Antonio, for appellees.


POPE, Justice.

The point in this case is whether an abstract furnished a purchaser reflected merchantable title. The trial court held that title was not merchantable by reason of uncertainty in the description of the property. Appellants, N. C. Sawyer and the Tom Sawyer Real Estate Company, a corporation, obligated themselves as sellers to furnish D. H. Reed an abstract showing merchantable title to certain land situated in Wilson County and described in a sales contract...

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