Hannah v. Hannah’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “'[i]f at the end of five years, [defendant] should want possession of said filling station,' he would 'purchase all stock and equipment at 20% discount ....' " Id . Defendant did not want possession at the end of five years, but permitted plaintiff to hold over and remain in possession as his tenant for more than fifteen additional years. Id . When defendant proposed to raise plaintiff's rent, plaintiff demanded that defendant comply with the provisions of the lease agreement to purchase the stock and equipment. Defendant refused. On appeal, this Court looked at the "express language of the original lease [which] brought the purchase agreement into play only if 'at the end of five years,' the landlord should want possession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 129 - Cogdill v. Sylva Supply Co.

2. “Id . Defendant did not want possession at the end of five years, but permitted plaintiff to hold over and remain in possession as his tenant for more than fifteen additional years. Id . When defendant proposed to raise plaintiff's rent, plaintiff demanded that defendant comply with the provisions of the lease agreement to purchase the stock and equipment. Defendant refused. On appeal, this Court looked at the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 129 - Cogdill v. Sylva Supply Co.

3. “that defendant's obligation to purchase as contained in the ... written agreement was no longer in effect when, more than twenty years thereafter, he was called upon to fulfill it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 129 - Cogdill v. Sylva Supply Co.