Works v. Selby

Stevens, V. C.

This is a suit to enforce the specific performance of a contract. In March, 1893, Edwin Lister executed a ten years’ lease to the defendant company of a plot of land adjoining the company’s works in Newark. The lease contains the following clause:

“The party of the first part [Lister] * * * does grant, demise and to farm let unto the said party of the second part the property or grounds now occupied by the buildings of the said party of the second part, and used for the manufacture of fertilizer, glue, &e., * * with privilege of purchase at the expiration of the lease at a fair…