NATIONAL RESORT COMMUNITIES, INC. v. CAIN

No. 11890.

479 S.W.2d 341 (1972)

NATIONAL RESORT COMMUNITIES, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Kenneth L. CAIN et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

April 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard L. Franklin, Austin, for appellants.

Stayton, Maloney, Black, Hearne & Babb, Douglass D. Hearne, Austin, for appellees.


O'QUINN, Justice.

Decision in this case turns on whether the doctrine of promissory estoppel will defeat appellants' plea that oral promises given at the making of certain written contracts to purchase lots in a lakeside subdivision are not now enforceable because descriptions of the lots were insufficient in the writings to meet requirements of the Statute of Frauds.

The subdivisions are part of a resort project developed on Lake Travis, in Travis County...

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