Proctor v. Union Coal Co.

The plaintiff is engaged in the retail milk business and owns a farm on the shore of Whalom Lake, a great pond situated in Lunenburg. In 1897 he leased a portion thereof to one Stone for the purpose of cutting and storing ice, the lessee agreeing, as part of the consideration, to furnish Proctor with the ice he should require for the use of his family and in his milk business. Stone later assigned the lease to the defendant, the Union Coal Company, which carried on the business of selling ice. Later the plaintiff and defendant agreed to an extension of the lease for a term of ten years from…