Ashland Hotel & Realty Co. v. Carruthers

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Reversing-

The appellant instituted this action in the Woodford Circuit Court to recover damages of'appellee for breach of contract. The court sustained a general demurrer to the petition and this appeal follows.

On October 26, 1927, appellant leased to appellee certain hotel property in the city of Ashland, Kentucky, for a period of -twenty years. The lease was supplemented by another contract executed at the same time, containing this clause, out of which this controversy arose:

“First, that the lessor, Ashland Hotel & Realty Company, hereby agrees that if…