Bulis v. Wells

ROSE, Justice.

The sole issue raised in this appeal concerns the lower court’s interpretation of the effect of a lease which contained the following language:

“It is further agreed that Lessee shall have exclusive opption [sic] to renew said above lease. It [sic] said Lessee choosess [sic] to do so at his option.”

The trial court considered extrinsic evidence, related to the parties’ intention at the time they executed the lease and to negotiations which were preliminary thereto, to reach its judgment that the appellant-lessees’ right to exercise the above-mentioned option was conditioned on the…