Ngày: 11-09-2014
In 1955, one of my clients asked me to draft a commercial lease for him even though he was to be the tenant. Usually, the landlord’s at- torney drafts the lease, but in this case the landlord told my client to have his lawyer prepare the lease. So I drew up the lease and inserted a provision stating that the tenant didn’t have to pay any rent before the landlord made a certain elevator operational. My client moved in and, as it turned out, the elevator inspector for New York City re- fused to accept the elevator repairs the landlord made, insisting that only a brand new elevator would get his approval. The elevator stayed out of operation for a very long time, but throughout that period my client was still able to carry out his normal business operations.