Coffee Cup Fuel Stops & Convenience Stores, Inc. v. Donnelly

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] Coffee Cup Fuel Stops and Convenience Stores, Inc. brought an action against Diane and George Donnelly seeking specific performance of an option contract to purchase real property. The trial court granted summary judgment to Donnellys. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Coffee Cup, a closely held South Dakota corporation, is engaged in the convenience store and petroleum business in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wyoming. One of its South Dakota businesses is located in Union County, near Vermillion, at the southwest corner of the junction of Interstate 29 and…