RICHARD L. JONES, Retired Justice.
Did the trial court commit reversible error by instructing the jury that a contract for the sale of real property was, as a matter of law, rendered void by the death of one of the sellers (Dorothy Harris's husband), thereby precluding the prospective buyers (the Bells) from pursuing their equitable defense—payments made by them under the contract should be treated as rental payments as an offset against their contract obligations...
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