Commonwealth Realty Corp. v. Bowers

The principal question in this appeal concerns the validity of an option dated October 13, 1965, between Commonwealth Realty Company, one of the plaintiffs below and one of the appellants in this Court (Commonwealth), as “Buyer” and Garman L. Bowers and Wahneta Bowers, his wife, two of the defendants below and two of the appellees in this Court, as “Seller” whereby Commonwealth for a consideration of $100.00 was given the “privilege of purchasing” from the Bowers for $18,000.00 a parcel of land located along the Sharpsburg Pike in Washington County.

Chief Judge McLaughlin in a specific…