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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co. v. Vaszil, 279 Conn. 28 (2006)

Citation
Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co. v. Vaszil, 279 Conn. 28 (2006)
Parent Document
Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co. v. Vaszil, 279 Conn. 28 (2006)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
2006-07-11

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Therefore, we turn to the lease in the present case between the defendants and Hunting. As a contract, a lease is subject to the same rules of construction as other contracts. “In construing a written lease, which constitutes a written contract, three elementary principles must be kept constantly in mind: (1) The intention of the parties is controlling and must be gathered from the language of the lease in the light of the circumstances surrounding the parties at the execution of the instrument; (2) the language must be given its ordinary meaning unless a technical or special meaning is clearly *36intended; [and] (3) the lease must be construed as a whole and in such a manner as to give effect to every provision, if reasonably possible.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Peter-Michael, Inc. v. Sea Shell Associates, 244 Conn. 269, 275, 709 A.2d 558 (1998).