Bitker & Gerner Co. v. Green Investment Co.

The plaintiff was at the times in question engaged in the retail merchandise business in and around the city of Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Boston Store, Inc., which will be hereinafter referred to as the “Bo'ston Store,” was also so engaged, and at the time of the execution of the lease here involved occupied the premises covered thereby; its lease was by its terms to expire on April 30, 1955; it contained a provision granting to the Boston Store the option, in the event that the premises should be destroyed or substantially damaged by fire or other casualty during the first eight years of the…