Veigh Cummings v. Larry R. Bullock

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This is an action for specific performance of a contract to sell land. Jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship. The court found against the plaintiff and he appeals. We affirm. The sole question presented is whether the court erred in holding that plaintiff had failed to exercise an option to purchase contained in a lease of land located in Wyoming. A brief statement of the law may make its application to the facts more readily apparent.

1. The action was filed in the Northern District of California. The trial court was therefore required to look to the…