Warehouses Inc. v. Wetherbee

Jenkins, Chief Justice.

Before construing any specific provision of the lease, it may prove helpful to look to certain general characteristics of the instrument as a whole, which, we think, are indicative of the true intent of the parties with respect to the interest passed thereunder. For example, the instrument does not contain a provision specifically limiting the interest conveyed to a mere usufruct, as might have been done had the parties seen fit so to provide. The instrument is termed an “agreement of lease;” the parties are referred to throughout as “lessee” and “lessor.” The later…