Heyden v. Barnsdall Refining Co.

This is a suit to enforce the specific performance of an alleged renewal lease of a filling station at the corner of Markham and Elm streets in the city of Little Rock, and to recover $625' rent therefor from January 1, 1934, to the date the suit was instituted at the rate of $125 per month. The original written lease was executed on the first day of January, 1929, covering a period of five years, at a monthly rental of $85. The rent was paid through December 31, 1933, or until the expiration of the original lease. Relative to a renewal of the lease, the following clause appears in the…