Bowles v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. An option is a contract by which the owner of property agrees with another that the latter shall have the right to buy the owner’s property at a fixed price, within a certain time, on agreed terms and conditions, and is subject to all rules governing other contracts. Code, § 96-101; Black v. Maddox, 104 Ga. 157 (30 S. E. 723); Hughes v. Holliday, 149 Ga. 147 (99 S. E. 301); Mattox v. West, 194 Ga. 310 (21 S. E. 2d, 428); Jones v. Smith, 206 Ga. 162 (56 S. E. 2d, 462).

2. In an option to purchase land the description must be sufficiently definite so as to describe a…