Parker v. the Lewis Grocery Co.

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• lessor's subsequent development of adjoining land in an attempt to circumvent restrictive covenants after lessee had signed lease restricting location of competing grocery stores rendered contract ambiguous
• “landlord’s promise binds him for the duration of the lease [;]” the Court holds that landlord “may not avoid that obligation by [purchasing] . . . land within the restricted area after the lease is signed”

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