Legal Opinion

Lowell v. First Church of Christ

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided July 1, 1958No. 4656PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDuncan, J.

The ground upon which the Trial Court relied in granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss does not appear. In Bobinson Company v. Drew, 83 N. H. 459, 461, this court said: “If [the optionor] says that he may decide to sell and that if he does, he will give the optionee the right to buy at the price he sets, the optionee, having given consideration, has acquired a conditional right to buy, and the fulfillment of the conditions makes the right capable of enforcement.” The principle so stated is applicable to the case before us even though the price was here to be determined by the amount of an…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Levy v. PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  2. Callaghan v. HawkesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Atchison v. City of EnglewoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  2. Baker v. McCarthySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982
  3. Glick v. Chocorua Forestlands Ltd. P'shipSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2008
  4. Cunningham v. SingerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1971
  5. Lancaster Development Corporation v. KattarSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1970

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