Opinion ID: 1354769
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: time of purchase

Text: The language of the option clearly grants to Huguenin the determination of a time convenient for repurchase of Roseland, thereby maximizing the uncertainty of when that might occur: The latter [Huguenin] has the right to buy back all of the land ... at such time as convenient. [Emphasis supplied.] Employment by the parties of the word convenient demonstrates the peril inherent in the drafting of important legal documents by persons unqualified to understand the impact of the language used. It can hardly be challenged that for the entire eight years he lived after conveyance of Roseland, it was not convenient for Huguenin to exercise the option. An alcoholic, his financial condition rendered him a pauper. Moreover, it was during this period that the property was twice the subject of litigation between the parties, litigation resulting in part from conduct of the Walls. The thirteen year delay in exercise of the option is mitigated by these facts and circumstances.