Weiss v. Johnson

The defendant, Edwin A. Johnson, appeals from a decree of the circuit court of Putnam County granting specific performance of an option contained in a lease to purchase approximately gjá acres and an easement for ingress and egress. A freehold is involved.

The parties entered into a written lease of the tract to be used by plaintiff, Manley Weiss, for the purpose of conducting a marina. It was dated April 1, 1957, to continue to April 1, 1958, at an annual rental of $150 per year, payable in advance. The lease provided that plaintiff could renew it for successive i-year periods by giving…