Rogers Investment Co. v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

This case concerns an amount of money which the defendant claims is owed to it by the plaintiff under the provisions of a lease. The defendant F. W. Woolworth Company was the tenant in a building in New Britain. The plaintiff was the owner of that building, having purchased it from the previous owner in July, 1963. The defendant had been a tenant in that building since January 5, 1951. Under a provision of the lease, which admittedly binds both of these parties, if an eminent domain taking occurred prior to the termination of the lease, the landlord would reimburse the tenant for unamortized…