C & J DELIVERY, INC. v. Vinyard & Lee & Partners, Inc.

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This appeal comes from an adverse ruling denying C & J Delivery, Inc. (grantee-appellant) its claim that Vinyard & Lee & Partners, Inc. (tenant-respondent) breached the rental covenant of a lease agreement and that the rent due from the tenant under a written lease was $7,375.56.

Tenant-respondent leased the third floor of a building for a term of three years (October 1, 1975 until September 30, 1978). The lease provided an option to renew for one additional year and also contained the following clause:

Lessor gives Vinyard & Lee & Partners, Inc. right of first refusal to…