Cloverdale Co. v. Littlefield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the lessee against the lessor named in a lease of real estate in Whitman, for alleged breach by the lessor of a covenant as to reletting. Writ dated August 8, 1918. In the Superior Court the action was tried before Callahan, J. Material evidence and rulings of the judge to which the defendants saved exceptions are described in the opinion. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $500; and the defendants alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is an action of contract to recover damages for the alleged breach of an agreement contained in an indenture of lease, wherein the plaintiff is lessee and the defendants are lessors. The lease was dated November 9, 1914, and ran for a term of three years. The agreement of the lessors reads as follows: “The party of the first part agrees to give The Cloverdale Company, party of the second part, the first right to re-lease for a term of three more years at the expiration of the present lease on the same conditions and terms as herein mentioned.” The plaintiff entered into possession of the…
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