Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Firestone
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 1, 1986No. 85-310-AppealPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
This civil action involves a right of first refusal to purchase ocean-front property in Newport, Rhode Island.
The plaintiff, David W. Sawyer (Sawyer), entered into a purchase-and-sale agreement on June 1, 1982, with the defendant, Elizabeth P. Firestone (Firestone). The agreement provided, among other things, that Sawyer would purchase from Firestone all the improved real estate known as “The Orchards” located on Narragansett Avenue in Newport, together with the adjacent parcels bounding on Annadale Road, designated as lots Nos. 47, 46, and 172 of the Newport Tax…
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