Pitman v. Griffeth

Hall, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is brought with a certificate from the trial court’s judgments on cross motions for summary judgment entered in appellant’s dispossessory action, and presents issues concerning the sufficiency of an alleged oral lease-termination notice and the proper construction of a renewal provision.

Plaintiff-appellant, as lessor, entered into a lease of a store building for $130 per month to one C. W. Griffeth, the lease beginning April 1,1968 for a five-year term. In October of 1972 the tenant died, leaving certain heirs including defendant-appellee, who has now…