University of Tennessee v. Memphis Hospital College Building Co.

This is a bill filed on June 23, 1925, by the University of Tennessee, seeking the specific performance of a contract entered into by the University with the Memphis Hospital Medical College Building Company, under. date of June 1, 1913, whereby the University leased for twenty years a lot and building on Union avenue, in the City of Memphis, Tennessee, known as Rogers Hall. The lease contract contains a clause giving the University the right to purchase the property for a certain sum, at any time during the term of the lease. Before this bill was filed the University tendered the amount…