Seefeldt v. Keske

Defendant lessor contends on this appeal that it is well established by the decisions of this court that an option granted to a lessee to renew a lease, as distinguished from an option to extend, requires the execution of a new lease if the option is exercised. Since no new lease had been executed, it is argued that no option to purchase existed when plaintiff lessee attempted to exercise the option in the summer of 1960.

Some states do not distinguish between options to extend and options to renew a lease, and construe both as not requiring the execution of a new lease upon exercise of the…