Questão jurídica principal
Whether clause 5 of the loan agreement meant that parts of the fit-out would pass to the borrower upon default and reduce the solidary debtor's liability.
Decisão extraída
No. The clause, interpreted under trust principles, could not reasonably be understood as securing the borrower; it protected the lender and did not release the appellant.
Fundamentação extraída
A literal reading would create an incoherent and implausible result. In context, the clause dealt with security for the loan and the lender could not expect its position to be worsened by the wording. The appellant could therefore not invoke the clause to avoid payment.