context: Primarily, landlord relies upon the fact that Articles 12 and 21 of the lease specifically establish tenant's liability for its negligence or that of its agents or employees. Although this is the general undertaking of the lease, the parties established different rules for fire damage. As a matter of contract construction, the specific controls the general.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 134 A.2d 620, 622
citation_a.parenthetical: "a special provision will be held to override a general provision. . . where the two cannot stand together"
citation_a.sentence: Parkhurst v. Gibson, 573 A.2d 454, 458 (N.H. 1990) (“generally accepted interpretive rule is that a general, preliminary clause should not ordinarily take precedence over specific provisions of a contract”) (citing 4 S. Williston, A Treatise on the Law of Contracts § 619 (3d ed. 1961)); cf. Jackson v. Rogers, 120 Vt. 138, 141, 134 A.2d 620, 622 (1957) (“a special provision will be held to override a general provision. . . where the two cannot stand together”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 573 A.2d 454, 458
citation_b.parenthetical: "generally accepted interpretive rule is that a general, preliminary clause should not ordinarily take precedence over specific provisions of a contract"
citation_b.sentence: Parkhurst v. Gibson, 573 A.2d 454, 458 (N.H. 1990) (“generally accepted interpretive rule is that a general, preliminary clause should not ordinarily take precedence over specific provisions of a contract”) (citing 4 S. Williston, A Treatise on the Law of Contracts § 619 (3d ed. 1961)); cf. Jackson v. Rogers, 120 Vt. 138, 141, 134 A.2d 620, 622 (1957) (“a special provision will be held to override a general provision. . . where the two cannot stand together”).