Coward v. Fleming

The plaintiffs and defendant owned adjacent lots with buildings thereon both fronting on West Seventh street in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. The defendant’s title was subject to a lease for five years, beginning on the first day of May 1945 and ending on the first day of May 1950, to Mary Williams who was placed in possession and continued in possession during all the time in which the events giving rise to this controversy occurred. The rental was $50 per month, with a privilege of purchase for $6,000, upon the exercise of which the monthly payments were to be applied upon the purchase…