Lockwood v. Frost

(after stating the facts above). The leases and option to purchase land covered by them were executed at the same time, as parts of the same transaction, and# together, therefore, constituted the contract between the parties. 13 O. J. 528. Conceding that the leases were assignable by the express terms thereof, appellants nevertheless insist that the option to purchase land covered by them, constituting part of the contract, was not assignable because personal to appellee. Therefore, they insist further, the assignment of that option by appellee to the oil corporation was void. Keeping in mind…