Baseball Publishing Co. v. Bruton

The plaintiff, engaged in the business of controlling locations for billboards and signs and contracting with advertisers for the exhibition of their placards and posters, obtained from the defendant on October 9, 1934, a writing signed but not sealed by the defendant whereby the defendant "in Consideration of $25.00 . . . agrees to give” the plaintiff "the exclusive right and privilege to maintain advertising sign one 10' x 25' on wall of building 3003 Wash*55ington St.” in Boston, owned by the defendant, “for a period of one year with the privilege of renewal from year to year for four years…