Gochman v. Draper

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Max Gochman, filed his suit to establish an equitable title to a leasehold estate as a tenant whose alleged right of first refusal to purchase the leasehold has been violated. Alternatively, appellant sought damages.

W. Guy Draper, W. Glenn Morgan and J. F. Clawson, appellees, defendants in the district court, answered with a plea of not guilty, various special exceptions, a general denial, various pleas of estoppel, recognition, waiver, laches, abandonment and ratification, and by a denial that appellant’s right of first refusal was violated. Alternatively,…