PARKS v. VENTERS OIL COMPANY

No. 164.

121 S.E.2d 850 (1961)

255 N.C. 498

Julia Mae PARKS and Corneva Bass v. VENTERS OIL COMPANY, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. D. Herring and David J. Turlington, Jr., Clinton, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Hubbard & Jones, Clinton, for defendant, appellee.


BOBBITT, Justice.

The question presented is whether defendant, under the provisions of Section 4, had the right and option, at any time during the term of the lease, to purchase the property from plaintiffs upon payment of $10,000 as purchase price therefor.

"Parties have the legal right to make their own contract, and if the contract is clearly expressed, it must be enforced as it is written. Brock v. Porter, 220...

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