Trustees of the Congregation of the Sons of Abraham v. Gerbert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

John Snyder, in his lifetime, on the 1st ■of March, 1884, made a lease, under seal, of premises in the •city of Newark, known as No. 226 Washington street, for the term of five years from April 1st, 1884.

The said lease contained the following covenants:

“And the said John Snyder further covenants and agrees to and with the said party of the second part that he will let and demise to them the premises hereby demised for a further term of five years from the expiration of the term hereby ■created, and upon the same terms as to amount and…