Hamre v. Michael Etzel & Sons, Inc.

The First Ecclesiastical Society of Branford owns the fee in a tract of land in the town of Branford, comprising over two hundred acres, which it leased for ninety-nine years from March 1st, 1868, to John Legatt. He assigned the lease to Samuel Beach, who, and, after his death, his heirs, subleased various portions of the tract. In 1903 they sublet to Frederick L. Averill for the balance of the term, all the rest of the land, including the two lots involved in this action, reserving an annual rental of |2000. The lease was defeasible for non-performance of covenants including payment of the…