SHELL OIL COMPANY v. PRESCOTT

No. 17917.

398 F.2d 592 (1968)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emmogene Snyder PRESCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

July 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie A. Nicholson, Memphis, Tenn. (Leslie A. Nicholson, Nicholson & Moore, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

J. Martin Regan, Memphis, Tenn. (Laughlin, Watson, Garthright & Halle, Memphis, Tenn., of counsel), for appellee.

Before O'SULLIVAN and PECK, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

The Shell Oil Company (hereinafter "Shell") sought specific performance of its alleged right to purchase for $32,500 the premises leased by it from appellant, Mrs. Prescott, under a purchase option contained in the lease. The District Court granted Shell's cross motion for summary judgment and this appeal followed.

The material facts in this case were stipulated by the parties and are not in dispute. Appellant was the lessor in...

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