Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Cunningham

Marvel, Vice Chancellor:

Plaintiff seeks an order directing specific performance of a unilateral agreement made on August 8, 1940, by1 defendant, John C. Cunningham, Jr., then a single man. Plaintiff contends that having exercised its rights under the agreement, defendant and his wife must convey to plaintiff property consisting of a gasoline service station and designated equipment used in the operation of the station in return for payment of $20,000. The agreement or option which plaintiff seeks to enforce is set forth in paragraph 13 of a general2 agreement concerning the leasing of…