Key v. Edwin B. Raskin Co.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether a lease entered into by the same parties for a subsequent term is a renewal of the original lease, thereby entitling the plaintiff to a real estate *150commission. The chancellor held that the new lease was not a renewal of the old one. We affirm that decision but modify the chancellor’s order and delete the judgment for the plaintiff for a part of the commission earned during the first renewal period.

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Thomas G. Key started working as an affiliate real estate broker with the Edwin B. Raskin Company in 1983. In 1985 Mr. Key procured St. Thomas…