Case Name: TURNER v. GORTON
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1929-06-03
Citations: 247 Mich. 47
Docket Number: Docket No. 39, Calendar No. 34,201
Parties: TURNER v. GORTON.
Judges: North, C. J., and Fead, Fellows, Wiest, Clark, McDonald, and Potter, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 47–48

Head Matter:
TURNER v. GORTON.
Landlord and Tenant — Lease Subject to Right to Sell Terminated on Sale.
Where lease and right of renewal were made subject to landlords’ right to sell after one year, sale during the third year terminated the lease, and landlords are entitled to possession.
Error to Cass; Warner (Glenn E.), J.
Submitted April 3,1929.
(Docket No. 39, Calendar No. 34,201.)
Decided June 3, 1929.
Summary proceedings by William F. Turner and another against Ray C. Gorton to recover possession of certain lands held under lease. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant brings error.
Affirmed.
Asa K. Hayden, for plaintiffs.
Ulysses 8. Eby, ’for defendant.

Opinion:
Sharpe, J.
A lease of certain premises in the village of Cassopolis by plaintiffs to defendant contained the following provisions:
"The said tenant shall have the right and privilege to lease the said property on the terms provided herein for a further period of four years ,at the expiration hereof, subject to the conditions herein stated.
"This lease and renewals thereof is made subject to the right of the landlords to sell such building after one year from the date hereof. ' '
During the third year the plaintiffs sold the premises and sought to terminate the lease. The trial court entered a judgment for restitution. Defendant seeks review by writ of error.
Defendant's right to possession and occupation of the premises was conditional on plaintiffs' making-sale thereof, and terminated when such sale was made. Wallace v. Bahlhorn, 68 Mich. 87; Harwood v. Williams, 161 Mich. 368.
The judgment is affirmed.
North, C. J., and Fead, Fellows, Wiest, Clark, McDonald, and Potter, JJ., concurred.