Armas v. Armas

The parties to this action (brothers), on the twenty-sixth day of December, 1919, entered into a written agreement of lease, whereby the defendant leased to the plaintiff forty acres of land, situated in what is designated in the lease as “Rotterdam Colony,” in Merced County, for the term of five years, for the total rental of $1,250, payable annually in installments of $250, the initial payment of $250 to be made and the same was made on the date of the execution of the lease. Among the covenants or conditions of the lease was the following:

“In the event the lessor shall sell and convey said…