Court Opinion

ID: 9851864
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:20:43.608423+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:17.996661
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Whitman, Judge,
dissenting. I concur in the judgment only of the dissenting opinion by Judge Deen. I do not entertain any doubt that the words "whether paid under this lease or not” appearing in the original lease do not and should not be held as a matter of law to refer to any and all new agreements at a time subsequent to the expiration of the original lease and not arising out of any continuation, exercise of option or other connection with the original lease. I agree that the agency fee provided for in the original lease does not carry over into or become a part of the subsequent lease because, as stated in the dissenting opinion of Judge Deen "not only the time and the consideration but also the subject matter have changed.” The first lease of date April 11, 1966, ran from May 1, 1966 to April 30, 1968, at $325 per month, and it appears from the record that all commissions were paid through April 30, 1968-. The second lease commenced May 1, 1968, and ended April 30, 1970, and was for "a larger area” than that covered by the first lease and at a rental of $425 per month. The agency fee provision in the original lease does not apply to the second lease. The additional space embraced in the second lease was not a part of the space or premises covered by the first lease.