Ayres Jewelry Co. v. O & S BUILDING

Plaintiff below leased for store purposes a room in its building to defendant commencing on January 1, 1941, and by successive leases thereafter continued such leasing, upon substantially identical terms, up to and including December 31, 1964. However, defendant vacated the leased premises on or about September 30, .1963, and moved to a larger store location in the same business block and just a few doors to the west of plaintiff’s building.

The important provisions of all the rental leases are similar, and those of the last lease are as follows:

“The said premises hereby leased to be used by…