Rutherford v. MacQueen
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Lite, President :
This is a suit by an optionee for specific performance of an option to purchase real estate.
By contract in writing, dated February 17, 1926, defendant, J. H. MaeQueen, leased to plaintiff, T. C. Rutherford, a brick storebuilding in the town of Pax, Fayette county, for a term of five years, at $50.00 per month, and granted to the lessee the exclusive right to purchase the property at any time within the term of the lease for $3,500, with interest from the date thereof, plus taxes, insurance and necessary expenses of maintenance, with interest, less rents, with interest, paid…
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