Moore v. Dodge

OPINION

STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is a contract construction case involving an option to purchase or right of first refusal. At issue is whether the Ap-pellee lessor had a preference right to purchase. The trial Court, sitting without a jury, found that he did, and rendered judgment for him. We affirm.

The lease between Gladys Young Fields as lessor and Sam Dodge as lessee is for a term of five years, and covers 11,820 acres of ranch land in Hudspeth County and one rent house in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Gladys Fields sold the property, together with other property, to Wilson Smith and…