Davidson v. Crump Manufacturing Co.

The defendant leased the premises in controversy upon the 1st day of May, 1881, for the period of five years, entering at once. Upon these premises it erected an extensive manufactory. On May 1, 1886, when the lease expired, it obtained another lease of the premises from the plaintiff, who had meantime purchased them. This lease was for the term of “ five years next ensuing the 1st day of May, 1886,'fully to be complete and ended,” at an “annual rent of 1200, to be paid in advance quarterly installments,” at the office of the lessor, Cion the 1st day of May, August, November, and February,”…