Wilson v. Grey

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by the lessees of real estate for specific performance of a “right of first refusal” giving them a right to buy the leased property in the event the lessor chose to sell it. The Court of Appeals reversed a judgment of the trial court denying such relief. See Grey v. Wilson, Ky.App., 554 S.W.2d 867 (1977). Having granted a motion for discretionary review, this court now reverses the decision of the Court of Appeals and affirms the judgment of the trial court.

Minnie Wilson owned a 17.63-acre tract of land. In 1971 she leased an unimproved half-acre portion…