Kotcher v. Edelblute

In May, 1924, Margaret Kennedy signed and delivered a lease of two houses owned by her. The term of the lease was five years beginning October 1st, 1924. The lease contained a clause that the lessee “ shall have the right to purchase said premises in fee at any time during the first two years of this lease for thirty-six thousand dollars.” Margaret Kennedy, at the time she signed the lease, was seventy-six years old. She was feeble in body, although sound in mind. She was suffering from diabetes which had reached an advanced stage. She died in the Home for Incurables in July, about two months…