Patterson v. Scully

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the plaintiffs were not entitled to specific performance of the purchase option because they “did not exercise the option according to its terms before the option expired”
• “The ultimate test in construing any written agreement is to ascertain the parties’ intentions in light of all the relevant circumstances.” (citations, quotation marks, and brackets omitted)
• “[T]here is no legal requirement that a deed be supported by consideration.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).