Hooper v. Ocker

Reese, P. J.,

By a written lease dated July 21, 1936, Pinkney J. Hooper leased to defendants herein the dwelling house 152 North Bedford Street, Carlisle, for a term of seven months beginning September 1, 1936, and ending March 31, 1937, for a rental of $140, payable monthly in installments of $20 on the first of each month in advance. The lease contained a provision that, if the tenants should continue in possession after the termination of the lease, then the lessor, “at his option, may consider the lease to have been renewed for a like term, or . . . repossess the premises”. In another…