Washington Trust Bank v. Circle K Corp.

Washington Trust Bank (Bank), as trustee for the trust of Fred W. Rhodes, appeals a judgment denying its specific performance of a lease and awarding it $12,500 in damages. Circle K Corporation (Circle K) cross-appeals.

The Bank raises two issues in its appeal: Whether the court erred (1) in refusing to grant specific performance, and (2) in measuring the damages. While Circle K challenges numerous findings of fact, entered or refused, the gist of its cross-appeal presents three basic issues: (1) whether the lease was void for want of acknowledgment by the lessor, and (2) whether the lease was…