option to purchase
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 75 U.S. 557 - Willard v. Tayloe · 1869Most cited · 325 citing opinions
The covenant in the lease giving the right or option to purchase the premises was in the nature of a continuing offer to sell. It was a proposition extending through the period of ten years, and being under seal must be regarded as made upon a sufficient consideration, and, therefore, one from which the defendant was not at liberty to recede.
How often courts cite the case defining “option to purchase”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “option to purchase” — 325 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.