McKinney v. White Sewing Machine Corp.

This appeal comes to this court on questions of law from a judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County on special verdicts rendered in favor of plaintiffs-appellees, E. W. McKinney, Ida McKinney and F. C. McKinney, who shall hereinafter be referred to as plaintiffs. Defendant-appellant, White Sewing Machine Corporation, shall be hereinafter referred to as defendant.

In 1948 plaintiffs leased an industrial parcel located in Cleveland, Ohio, to the Apex Electrical Manufacturing Company for a five-year term along with an option for an additional five-year term which was…