Bristol v. Cornell University

The rights of the parties must be determined by a construction of the original lease of 1892. The continuance of the lessee in possession subsequent to the expiration of the thirty-year period continued, as an elementary principle of law, the provisions of the instrument under which he went into possession. The rights of the plaintiff are governed by the provisions of such agreement.

The issue must, therefore, be determined by a construction of the two paragraphs of the lease which are in dispute, the plaintiff contending that under the subsequent paragraph, termed for convenience “ Y,” she is…