Leslie v. Blackwell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Our opinion is that that stipulation in the contract is null for want of a fixed or definite term. Whether it be regarded as a lease or an option, it would be an anomalous contract without a definite term or limitation. To recognize that the defendant has the right, without any obligation, to hold the plaintiffs land under a perpetual lease or option, would take the property out of commerce, and would be violative of the doctrine of ownership ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Liner v. LaCroix