City of Tuskegee v. Segrest

Nora and Henry Segrest sought specific performance of a right of first refusal contained in two recorded deeds to repurchase approximately 461.37 acres. The case was tried before the trial judge, who made the following findings, among others:

The Segrests in 1961 by two deeds conveyed the suit property to Atomedic Research Center, Inc. (Atomedic). The Seg-rests did not want to sell the property, but were persuaded to do so (a) because of their feeling of civic responsibility to allow the community to develop economically and (b) because Atomedic was a non-profit corporation with a humanitarian…