Indian Head Mills v. Hamilton

Appellant, defendant in the trial court, leased a storehouse to plaintiff “for one year from the 1st of January, 1921.” The lease contract contained this stipulation:

“The party of the first part [Indian Head Mills] agrees that should they decide to lease the commissary [the storehouse in question] for the [year] 1922 to, give party of the second part refusal of same.”

The complaint alleges that defendant breached its agreement for further lease by leasing the premises to another for the year 1922, thereby causing plaintiff to suffer loss and damage.

The agreement to renew was, by implication,…