Woodbridge Co. v. Charles E. Hires Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Woodbridge Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 5th day of March, 1897/upon the dismissal of its complaint by direction of the court after a trial, at the Hew York Special Term..
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
• The determination of the question arising upon this appeal depends upon the proper construction to be given to that clause in the lease which provides as follows-: “ It is further understood and agreed that the party of the second part (the lessee) has the privilege of canceling this lease, without damages, at aiid from the first day of September, 1895, by giving thirty days’ written notice to the party of the first part.” The meaning of this clause seems to be entirely clear and unmistakable. All the terms and conditions upon which the property was rented by the plaintiff’s…
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