Fetherman v. Dietz

The plaintiff took possession of the premises in question sometime in the early part of 1920, under verbal lease. The lease was subsequently extended, verbally, to cover the year April 1, 1921, to April 1, 1922. The defendant, Mrs. Dietz, desired to sell the property, and there were some negotiations between her and the plaintiff to that end, but without result. Sometime in February or March, 1922, the plaintiff secured a further verbal extension of his lease from April 1, 1922, to April 1, 1923, at an increased rental, but, according to plaintiff’s own testimony, with the proviso that the…