Elrod v. . Phillips

This is an action for specific performance of a contract of lease. The plaintiff is the owner of Lot 9 and a part of Lot 10 in the Crescent Heights Subdivision, a real estate development made by Elizabeth Realty Company in 1909, the locus in quo being situated on the northwest corner of Providence Road and Cherokee Road (formerly Vail Avenue). The plaintiff and defendant have entered into a contract wherein the plaintiff agrees to lease the locus in quo to the defendant for a term of five years for the purpose of constructing and operating a filling station thereon, and the defendant agrees…