Brand v. Frumveller

Cooley, J:

Tbe controversy in this case arises on one of tbe clauses of a lease from Frumveller and wife to Brand, of a lot in Detroit. Tbe lease bore date November 1, 1865, and was for tbe term of five years. Tbe annual rental was to be *216one hundred. and seventy-five dollars, and Brand was to erect upon the lot a two-story brick store. The clause upon which the questions principally arise was the following: “And-it is agreed that said parties of the first part, at the expiration of said term of five years, shall either buy from the party of the second part the two-story brick store to be…