Copiah Hardware Co. v. Johnson

Citations

• 123 Miss. 624
• 86 So. 369

Syllabus

<p>1. Landlord and Tenant. Covenant providing for renewal at lessee’s option confers right to tut one renewal.</p> <p>A covenant in a lease providing for its renewal at the option of the lessee will not be construed SO' as to give the lessee the right to more than one renewal unless the intention of the grantor so to do is clear and unequivocal.</p> <p>2. Landlord and Tenant. Covenant for renewal held a grant of right of contimial renewals.</p> <p>The covenant in a lease providing that the lessees may renew for one year at a time as long as they may desire to do so is a grant of the right to renew for as many times as the lessees may desire.</p> <p>3. Contracts. Intent must be collected - from entire instrument.</p> <p>The intention of the parties to a contract must he collected from ■ the whole instrument.- and every word therein must be given effect, if possible, and made to operate according to the intention of the parties.</p>