Song Lee v. Ferguson

RAPER, Justice, Retired.

Appellees sued appellant and Kim B. McCallum (not a party to this appeal) for rent allegedly due appellees on leases of premises for use as a massage parlor. Appellant's five-year lease was dated June 25, 1985. The McCallum lease, dated August 1, 1986, was made as part of a sale of appellant’s business to McCallum. Partial summary judgement against McCallum for rent covered by a promissory note to appel-lees was allowed. The trial judge held that the lease, appellees to appellant, was not surrendered and appellant was still liable for rent provided by such lease, and…