Travelers Indemnity Co. of America v. Deguise, 180 Vt. 214 (2006)
- Citation
- Travelers Indemnity Co. of America v. Deguise, 180 Vt. 214 (2006)
- Parent Document
- Travelers Indemnity Co. of America v. Deguise, 180 Vt. 214 (2006)
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont (state)
- Effective Date
- 2006-08-18
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Full Text
894 chars¶ 18. In my view, we are bound to give as much meaning to this clause as we give to the two clauses relied upon by the parties and the majority. First, as I address below, infra, ¶¶ 23-25, this is a boilerplate contract that must be construed against its drafter, and it would hardly be fair to give more weight to language appearing to benefit landlord than to language benefitting tenants. Second, and more importantly, landlord’s intent in granting the Residents’ Association an ownership interest in the development, as stated in the lease, was in part to imbue the residents with a sense of their “special responsibility to assist in and promote the sound maintenance, operation and financial health” of the development. In other words, the purported ownership interest is not an empty or symbolic promise of elevated status, but rather, one side of a bargain between landlord and tenants.