References: [1778] UKHL 6 – Paton – 799
Links: Bailii
Ratio: Lease – Ambiguous Clause. – A clause in a lease of fifty-seven years, bound the tenant ‘to renounce at Lammas, before the expiry of the first nineteen years, or prorogue the same for three years, in the option of the said Lord Halkerton, and the said David Lawson.’ Held, in an action of removing brought against the tenant, that this did not import an option that might be exercised by the landlord alone. Reversed in the House of Lords, and held it an option which either landlord or tenant might use singly and alone.
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
Last Update: 31 October 2019
Ref: 562019
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