Michel v. O'Brien

On the 2d of February, 1893, the plaintiff was the owner and still is the owner of a three-story brick building on the corner of Alabama and Elk streets in the city of Buffalo ; at that date the parties to this action entered into a lease in writing whereby the plaintiff leased to the defendant the building for the term of two years, to commence the 1st of May, 1893, with the privilege to the defendant of renewing the lease for three years longer. For the first two years the *409defendant was to pay a rental of $600 in monthly payments of fifty dollars each, payable on the first day of each month…