Kopesky v. Precision Gasket Company

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the Municipal Court of Hennepin County denying plaintiff’s alternative motion for amended findings or a new trial.

Action was brought by plaintiff for rentals alleged to be due under a lease executed August 15, 1959, for a 5-year period commencing September 1 of that year. The dispute occurs because of this provision of the lease:

“It is also agreed between lessor and tenant that in case the taxes paid by the lessor upon the property of which the within leased premises are a part, shall in any year or years during the term of this lease be increased over…