Weber v. Texas Co.

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• preemptive provision not within scope of rule against perpetuities because it is merely a contract and creates no interest in land
• \The [oil lease] option under consideration is within neither the purpose of nor the reason for the rule. . . . [The option] does not restrain free alienation by the lessor. He may sell at any time. . . . The option is therefore not objectionable as a perpetuity.\
• \The [oil lease] option under consideration is within neither the purpose of nor the reason for the rule. . . . [The option] does not restrain free alienation by the lessor. He may sell at any time. . . . The option is therefore not objectionable as a perpetuity.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).