Chandler & Co. v. McDonald-Weber Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two bills in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, the •first on August 7,1912, and the second, as amended, on February 17, 1913, between the same parties, both bills seeking to enforce the alleged terms of an agreement in writing between the defendant McDonald-Weber Company and the plaintiff dated March 13, 1909, and to restrain that defendant from selling to the defendant E. T. Slattery Company or any other person or corporation the leasehold interests mentioned in…
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Two bills in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, the •first on August 7,1912, and the second, as amended, on February 17, 1913, between the same parties, both bills seeking to enforce the alleged terms of an agreement in writing between the defendant McDonald-Weber Company and the plaintiff dated March 13, 1909, and to restrain that defendant from selling to the defendant E. T. Slattery Company or any other person or corporation the leasehold interests mentioned in such agreement contrary to the terms of the agreement as set forth in the bills. The contract above referred to, which…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The rights of these parties depend upon the “ option agreement” so called, given by the McDonald-Weber Company (hereinafter called the defendant) to the plaintiff contemporaneously with the lease of one floor of a building on Tremont *367Street in Boston. The defendant, which had a leasehold interest in the whole building, covenanted by the “option agreement” that if the defendant decided to sell its leasehold interest it would notify the plaintiff and would give it “an opportunity to purchase said leasehold estate, and upon the terms and conditions as fixed by” the defendant.
The plaintiff…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Fogg v. PriceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Folsom v. HarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Emerson v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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