IMPERIAL REFINERIES CORPORATION v. MORRISSEY

No. 50799.

119 N.W.2d 872 (1963)

IMPERIAL REFINERIES CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Lila MORRISSEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahoney, Jordan, Statton & Smith, Boone, for appellant.

Frank J. Karpan, Albia, for appellee.


STUART, Justice.

This is a suit for specific performance of an option to purchase, contained in a lease. The controversy involves a 40 acre tract abutting U. S. Highway 34 in Jefferson County just west of Fairfield. The land is owned by defendant, an elderly widow. Although her activity is somewhat impaired by age and for convenience much of her business is transacted through her son and her attorney, the record is clear...

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