BASS v. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY

No. 1809.

124 A.2d 590 (1956)

Benjamin BASS, Appellant, v. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY, Inc., Agent for Francis Edward Burke, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

James F. Reilly, Washington, D. C., with whom Eugene B. Sullivan, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


QUINN, Associate Judge.

By written agreement Benjamin Bass leased from appellee trust company certain commercial property in the District of Columbia for five years beginning January 5, 1951. The rental was $12,000 payable in advance in monthly installments of $200. The lease contained an option for renewal at an increased rental for an additional five years beginning January 5, 1956, if the lessee notified appellee in writing on or before November 1, 1955. Bass did...

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