Felice v. Felice

Beginning in 1952 plaintiff Ernest Felice and Ms brother, defendant Albert Felice, conducted a gasoline service station business as partners at 4805 Dixie Highway, Drayton Plains, Michigan. The property on which the station was located was owned by their mother, Rose Felice, and they held under a lease from her.

On August 11, 1955, under an agreement among the parties, the lease under which they had been holding was canceled and a new lease was executed for an 86-year term starting August 1, 1965.

It appears that the business had not prospered and that at the time of cancellation of the lease…