GULF OIL CORPORATION v. WILLCOXON

18840.

211 Ga. 462 (1955)

86 S.E.2d 507

GULF OIL CORPORATION v. WILLCOXON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whelchel & Whelchel, for plaintiff in error.

Gibson & DeLoach, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

1. "The obligation by which one binds himself to sell, and leaves it discretionary with the other party to buy, is what is termed in law an option, which is simply a contract by which the owner of property agrees with another person that he shall have a right to buy the property at a fixed price within a certain time." Black v. Maddox, 104 Ga. 157, 162 (30 S. E. 723). In the present case the agreement is an option. Franklin v. ...

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