Ames v. B. C. Ames Co.

This is an appeal from a final decree ordering the defendant to renew a lease given by it to the plaintiff of certain premises in Waltham.

The defendant demised certain premises in Waltham for the term of ten years commencing on April 1, 1946, with the option of a renewal for ten years provided that written notice was given to the lessor at least six months prior to the expiration of the original term and that, if the parties could not agree to the rental, it be fixed by arbitration but in no event at less than $4,800 a year. The lessor also agreed to assent to the assignment of the lease to a…