Goytino Penilla v. Gerstenkorn

February 20, 1919, the plaintiffs leased to M. A. Laffey and F. P. Casey, for the term of four years from that date, two vacant lots in the city of Los Angeles on which to maintain and operate an oil and gasoline service station. The lease, which contained no covenant against assignment, gave the lessees “the right of renewing this lease” at the end of the four years. During the year 1922 the defendant acquired the interests of the lessees under the lease and thereafter held possession of the property and conducted a service station thereon up to the time of the trial of this action. The…