Bettinelli v. Peterson Kane, Inc.

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Bettinelli v. Peterson Kane, Inc.

62 Misc. 2d 444, 308 N.Y.S.2d 1023, 1969 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1838

CourtAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

DecidedJanuary 15, 1969

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Bettinelli v. Peterson Kane, Inc., 62 Misc. 2d 444, 308 N.Y.S.2d 1023, 1969 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1838 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1969).

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The fire clause of the lease is not confined to part of a building, but applies to a lease of an entire building as well, and therefore applies to this case. However, in order to give meaning to the whole clause it is necessary to construe “or” to read “ and ”, since obviously it was not intended to give the landlord an absolute right of termination irrespective of how slight the fire damage to the demised premises might be.

The finding that the damage was less than 50% is supported by the evidence and that is sufficient to defeat the landlord’s right to make an election to terminate the lease. (General Outdoor Adv. Co. v. Wilson, 276 App. Div. 63; Leone v. Russo, 190 Misc. 984, affd. 275 App. Div. 674.)

Final judgment should be unanimously affirmed, with $25 costs.

Concur — Hogan, P. J., Gulotta and Glickman, JJ.

Judgment affirmed, etc.

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