BAKER v. RUTHERFORD

No. 3380.

293 S.W.2d 669 (1956)

E. F. BAKER et al., Appellants, v. J. S. RUTHERFORD, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hancock & Hartman, Waxahachie, for appellants.

Griffith & Lumpkins, Waxahachie, for appellee.


McDONALD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs Baker and Lumpkin sued defendant Rutherford, alleging defendant had breached his contract with plaintiffs, and seeking to cancel such contract. Defendant denied any breach of contract and filed a cross action for $900.

Plaintiffs Dr. Baker, Col. Lumpkin, and Mrs. Lumpkin owned adjacent tracts of land near Ennis, Texas. In February 1953 they entered into a contract for the development of these two tracts into a subdivision...

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