Sun Oil Co. of Pennsylvania v. Bellone

DiSALLE, Judge:

Appellee, Sun Oil Company of Pennsylvania (Sun), as lessee/purchaser, instituted this action against appellant, Violet S. Bellone (Bellone), 1 as lessor/vendor for the specific performance of an option to buy certain real property. The lower court granted appellee’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, Pa.R.C.P. 1034, finding that appellee had properly exercised its option to purchase the property, and that once the option had been exercised, a valid contract of sale was created. Appellant claims that the lower court erred. We disagree.

It is fundamental that a judgment on the…