Berry Door Corp. v. Tom McDonnell, Inc.

Tom McDonnell, Inc., defendant and appellee, herein referred to as McDonnell, held a lease from the owner for property on Woodward avenue in the city of Birmingham, Michigan. The lease ran to August 31, 1951, and contained an option to renew for an additional term of 5 years. McDonnell gave a sublease of the premises to Berry-Door Corporation, plaintiff and appellant, herein referred to as Berry, for a term of 4 years and 10 months from November 1, 1946, so that the sublease expired on the same date as the main lease. The-sublease also contained a provision giving Berry an option to renew for…