Omicron Co. v. Hansen

— This action was brought to compel specific performance of a provision in a lease for an appraisal of the leased premises. The court sustained a demurrer to the amended complaint, plaintiff refused to plead further, and judgment was entered dismissing the action, from which judgment this appeal has been taken.

On April 30, 1929, the respondent, Anna D. Hansen, a widow, leased to the Continental Investment Company, a corporation, an undivided one-half interest in certain real property located in Everett, Washington, for a stipulated monthly rental. The term of the lease was ninety-nine years.…