Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co. v. Hartfield Realty Co.

This case is before us on an appeal by the defendant from a decree entered in a suit brought under St. 1929, c. 186, § 1, now G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 213, § 3, Tenth A, for an interpretation of a written lease,

*542The defendant, as lessor, and the plaintiff, as lessee, entered into a written lease of certain premises for a term of ten years from January 1, 1928. The lease had been drafted by a representative of the lessor after negotiations between himself and a representative of the lessee. The yearly rent for the first five years was to be $5,700, “and during the last five (5) years of said term a…