Merickel v. Erickson Stores Corporation

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment entered in an action of unlawful detainer pursuant to a directed verdict of not guilty for defendant.

Plaintiffs and defendant corporation own tracts of land parallel to and adjoining one another in southeast Minneapolis, where Central Avenue and East Hennepin Avenue meet. On November 6, 1956, plaintiffs leased a 20-foot strip of their land to defendant for a term of 20 years. The lease provided that defendant was to construct a building as described by a letter dated November 5, 1956, and a plot plan incorporated into the lease. This letter set forth the…