Sinclair Refining Co. v. Allbritton

The sole question for our decision is whether Sinclair Refining Co., defendant in the trial court and a petitioner here, *470is entitled to purchase for $12,000.00 a certain filling station property in Waco, Texas, under the option provisions of a lease made to it by respondents Allbritton and wife, who were plaintiffs below. The suit was in the form of trespass to try title against petitioner Sinclair and its subtenants in possession under the lease, who responded with a plea of not guilty and cross action for specific performance of the option which petitioner Sinclair had theretofore sought to…