Business Law 4th Edition by David Twomey,Marianne Jennings

Exercise 9

Wheeler operated an automobile service station, which he leased from W. C. Cornitius, Inc. The lease ran for three years. Although the lease did not contain any provision for renewal, it was in fact renewed six times for successive three-year terms. The landlord refused to renew the lease for a seventh time. Wheeler brought suit to compel the landlord to accept his offer to renew the lease. Decide. [William C. Cornitius, Inc. v Wheeler, 556 P2d 666 (Or)]