Bechmann v. Taylor

The plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs below. Their action was for specific performance of an agreement for renewal, contained in a lease to them from one Hackley who had afterwards conveyed the remainder to defendant Taylor. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, the plaintiffs elected to stand and judgment was entered against them. We think the judgment was wrong.

The complaint shows that Hackley gave Bechmann (for simplicity we ignore his co-lessees) a lease for five years, from March 1, 1921, to March 1, 1926. The lease was on a printed form and contained the following in Hackley’s…