Feldmesser v. Lemberger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lloyd, J.

In 1919 Charles Surye and Minnie Feldmesser, his sister-in-law, plaintiffs in the court below, were the tenants in possession of premises known as No. 388 Hillside avenue, Newark, and were conducting there a confectionery business. They held under a lease signed “Ida Klein,” and this lease was about to expire. In this posture of their relation to the property Samuel Lemberger, one of the defendants below, came to them and informed them that he would not renew the lease, hut would sell the property and give the plaintiffs the first opportunity…