Legal Opinion

Asbury v. Cochran

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 18, 1942No. 8 Div. 181PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit in equity by appellee for the specific performance of an option to purchase a lot in Sheffield contained in a lease contract dated September 26, 1938, executed by appellants, and extending for a year or longer as expressly stipulated. By its terms appellants had the right to terminate the lease if they had a bona fide offer of sale, and in that event agreed to give appellee a thirty-day option to buy the lot for $1,200 cash. And appellee was also given an option to purchase the property for the same consideration at any time before they should receive an offer…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Cullum v. Branch of the Bank of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1842
  2. Ashurst v. PeckSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Zirkle v. BallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  4. Blackburn v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  5. Baker v. HowisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. McMillan, Ltd. v. WARRIOR DRILLING & ENG.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  2. Dillingham Commercial Co., Inc. v. SpearsAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Boozer v. BlakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Madison Limestone Company v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  5. Moss v. CogleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958

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