Bekins Moving & Storage Co. v. Prudential Insurance of America

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• holding 10 | lessee did not properly renew the lease because he failed to “exercise his option, within the time, 11 | in the manner and on the terms stated in the lease”
• rejecting the Fountain rule because an option creates no vested rights and therefore the conditions of it must be strictly met
• “There has to be substantial evidence of conduct 10 by the lessor upon which lessee relied in failing to give notice.”
• “The 14 | doctrine of substantial performance comes into play only when there exists a binding contract. An 15 | option is but an offer which expires by its own terms if it is not accepted within the time 16 | prescribed.”

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