BLOUNT v. DENAULT

No. 88-P-238.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 524 (1989)

540 N.E.2d 199

CATHERINE C. BLOUNT & another vs. ELIOT W. DENAULT, JR., & others, trustees.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Libby, Jr., for the defendants.

Richard B. Michaud (Barry S. Fischer with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: BROWN, KASS, & SMITH, JJ.


BROWN, J.

The defendants are appealing from a summary judgment favorable to the plaintiffs. The sole issue in this case is the construction of a tax escalation clause, Section 6 in a standard form commercial lease. We are asked to examine the so-called rent adjustment provision, which is set out in the margin,3 and to focus specifically on the phrase "in any one year."

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