Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. v. Elion

In this action claiming specific performance by the defendants of a lease from them to the plaintiff of a tract of land in Groton for use as a gasoline filling station, the court rendered judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants have appealed, claiming that the court erred in its findings of facts and conclusions, in overruling the defendants’ claims of law, and in admitting certain evidence. The fundamental question presented is whether the court was warranted in concluding, as it did, that the negotiations between the parties resulted in a complete contract, the terms of which were…