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Ashland Auto Sales Co. v. Stock, 290 S.W. 487 (1927)

Citation
Ashland Auto Sales Co. v. Stock, 290 S.W. 487 (1927)
Parent Document
Ashland Auto Sales Co. v. Stock, 290 S.W. 487 (1927)
Jurisdiction
Kentucky (state)
Effective Date
1927-01-18

Full Text

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Appellee, Max H. Stock, formerly owned a garage building in Ashland, Boyd county, Kentucky. By writing’ dated May 26, 1922, he leased the building to appellant, Ashland Auto Sales Company, incorporated, for a term of one year beginning June 1, 1922, the latter agreeing to pay him as rental therefor the sum of $200.00 per month from June 1, .1922, to January 1, 1923, and the sum1 of $225.00 per month from January 1,1923, to the end of the term. The lease granted to appellant the option to extend it for an additional year and for yet another additional year at the rental of $225.00 pdr month “provided and conditioned that the said second party, Ashland Auto Sales Company, shall give to said first party ten days’ written notice of the exercise of the option or options herein given to extend said lease. ’ ’ Appellant did not give appellee ten days’ written notice of its intention to extend the lease. On the day the lease expired appellee in writing notified appellant that possession of the premises was demanded and that it would be held responsible for double rent until possession should he surrendered, and that unless possession should be delivered immediately proceedings for possession would be instituted. Appellant did not deliver possession of the leased premises, and -on June 13, 1923, appellee instituted forcible detainer proceedings against it. The magistrate before whom that proceeding was had found appellant guilty of *596