Jaffe v. Bolton

How courts have described this case

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• finding no intent to abandon where tenants “took no steps to abandon the premises” other than offering to relinquish the premises in exchange for payment for the cost of improvements thereto
• detailed provisions were included regarding condition of premises when leased, improvements to be made, and tenant’s promise to keep the premises in good repair and condition
• ―In determining the parties’ intentions, the word or phrases contained in the instrument will be given the ordinary and usual meaning, unless otherwise expressly provided . . . .‖ (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).