Stroscio v. Jacobs

The plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining the defendants’ demurrer to an amended declaration in tort and contract. Both counts arise from an alleged agreement to lease. The demurrer was correctly sustained, both counts being insufficient in law to state a cause of action. G. L. c. 231, § 18, Second. The plaintiff was a commercial tenant of the defendants under a lease expiring on September 1, 1971, and was given an extension of the lease until January 1, 1972, while he negotiated with them for a lease of their property located nearby. (1) The count in tort for deceit alleges that the…