Beller v. Robinson

Plaintiff, on October 21, 1877, leased to defendants certain rooms in a brick store in the city of Detroit “ for the term of one year, with the privilege of three years thereafter.” The lease contained a provision that “ in case said second parties choose to avail themselves of the privilege of extending this lease for three years after the exjjiration of the term of one year herein provided for, they must give notice, and hereby agree to give notice in writing to said first party, of such intention, thirty days before the expiration of this term.”

Defendants occupied the rooms for one year,…