Legal Opinion
Leeper v. Lemon G. Neely Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1923No. 3738PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDenison, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
Appellants first contend that the Smith lease was a mere option and was void because unilateral. This court, in Raydure v. Lindley, 249 Fed. 675, 161 C. C. A. 585, upheld the validity of a lease the same as this in all particulars essential to this question. We are not pointed to any later Kentucky decisions which can disturb this conclusion. We are unable to see that there is in this respect any vital distinction between the ‘‘or” lease of the Raydure Case, and the “unless” lease which, in effect, this one may be. Only the most express decision by the…
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- Hand & Johnson Tug Line v. Canada S. S. Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1922
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