W.A. Langley v. John Norris.

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the trial court and Court of Civil Appeals judgments, holding that the parties’ contract remained enforceable beyond the November 2, 1939 deadline, that the vendors were bound by the November extensions without additional consideration, that Norris’s rights did not terminate when the FHA loan commitment was cancelled, that the contract possessed mutuality of obligation and remedy, and that the contract was sufficiently certain to warrant specific performance. The Court based its rulings on a contextual construction of the contract, the parties’ conduct, and established Texas precedent.