Carroll v. Hannan

Opinion by

Me. Justice Walling,

In October, 1916, the plaintiff, then admitted owner of the hotel and curtilage, here in question, at Tamaqua, demised the same to defendant for a five-year term, the lease giving the tenant an option to purchase the property during the term, at a stipulated price. At the expiration of the tefim the tenant refused to vacate, claiming he had exercised the option to purchase. This being denied, he filed a bill in equity for specific performance, which the lower court dismissed on demurrer. The tenant, plaintiff in the bill, appealed to this court where the bill was…