Lyons v. CANTOR

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The controversy in this case centers on the proper construction to be given to a certain paragraph in a lease.

The lease in question was from Mary B. Ledwith to Simon A. and Benjamin Cantor, for a term of five years and nine months from July 1, 1945 to March 31, 1951. Mrs. Ledwith was the owner of the property Nos. 130, 132 and 134 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, and this lease was for the first floor store room and the basement thereunder at No. 134. Paragraph 20 reads as follows: “From April 1, 1949, to January 1, 1951, upon any sale of tlie real estate of…