CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY v. ESTES


155 S.E.2d 59 (1967)

208 Va. 44

CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY v. C. E. ESTES et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Harvey Chappell, Jr., Richmond (Frank C. Bedinger, Jr., Bedinger & Bedinger, Boydton Christian, Barton, Parker, Epps & Brent, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Ivy P. Blue, Jr., N. Leslie Saunders, Jr., Richmond (A. G. Hutcheson, Chase City, Blue Gordon, Saunders & Neblett, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Before EGGLESTON, C.J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.


I'ANSON, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether the right of first refusal to purchase certain property granted to Cities Service Oil Company under a lease applies to a public judicial sale so that Cities Service may acquire the property at the price offered by the highest bidder.

On October 5, 1954, O. H. Mull and Elsie H. Mull, his wife, leased certain property in Chase City, Virginia, to Cities Service for use as a gasoline filling station...

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