Andretta v. Fox New England Theatres, Inc.

In 1913, Pasquale M. D’Esopo was the owner of premises known as 625-653 Main Street, in Hartford, and on March 7th of that year executed a lease to Sylvester Z. Poli of a theatre building thereon, for the term of twenty-five years, in which lease the annual rent was stated to be “of the amount prescribed in a separate agreement dated of even date herewith and executed by both parties hereto.” The separate agreement so referred to was executed simultaneously with the lease. The lease was recorded, but the agreement was not. On August 23d, 1928, Poli assigned his interests under the lease to…