McDonald v. Karpeles

Citations

• 61 Pa. Super. 496
• 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 358

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Lease—Extension of term — Amount of rent.</p> <p>Where a lease for two years provides that the lessee “shall have the first privilege to rent the building for a further term of three years, providing he exercises the privilege three months before the expiration of two years,” and it appears that the lessee insisted upon the privilege of extension because he was about to purchase the business of an out-going tenant, the lessee has the right to an extension of three years after the termination of the term of two years, without any increase of rent or other change in the original lease.</p>