Blakeslee v. Davoudi

Defendants appeal from a judgment granting plaintiff-lessees specific performance of an option to renew a commercial lease which provided for arbitration of the rental if the option is exercised but the parties are unable to agree on the rent to be paid. Defendants present four contentions on appeal, but because we conclude on de novo review that plaintiffs did not exercise the option to renew the lease, we need not consider the other questions.

In 1974, plaintiffs and third-party defendant (then the spouse of plaintiff Blakeslee) acquired by assignment a leasehold interest in a tavern located…