Granger

Action in unlawful detainer. Plaintiff acquired the real property in controversy as a gift from his father, Ralph Granger, a few months prior to the commencement of the action. Prior to conveying this property to his son, Ralph Granger had leased it to the defendant. According to the contention of plaintiff and his father, the term of this lease was one year beginning on March 15, 1921. A copy of such a lease was attached to the complaint and the original produced in court at the trial. It bore the signatures of the parties thereto and no question is made as to the genuineness of such signatures. Both plaintiff and his father testified in effect that this lease was the only lease they, or either of them, had given to the defendant of the premises in question. The defendant claimed that his lease was for a period of one year, with an option of two years additional upon the same terms

as the first year, and that he had given due notice to the plaintiff of his desire to avail himself of the right given bim under the option. Defendant produced at the trial a purported lease, in most respects a copy of the lease produced by plaintiff, but with the difference that it contained a…