Albiani v. United Artists Corp.

This is a suit in equity whereby the plaintiff seeks to compel the defendant to execute two subleases of the upper portion of a building, occupied in part by the defendant, as lessee, and owned by the plaintiff.

The plaintiff alleges in the bill that he is the owner in fee simple of certain premises in the city of Boston, which he purchased from one Fenton, and that at the time of the purchase there was in existence a lease of the premises from Fenton to the defendant. This lease was assigned to the plaintiff on September 10, 1926. It contains the following provision: “It is understood and…