Fields v. Lanier

Barnes, Chief Judge.

Robert M. Fields appeals the grant of summary judgment to Billy F. Lanier in this lease dispute. Fields and Lanier entered an agreement under which Fields leased property from Lanier for one year to run a restaurant. Fields abandoned the property, and Lanier successfully filed suit in magistrate court to recover the unpaid rent. Fields appealed to superior court seeking de novo review of the magistrate court’s order. Lanier filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. Fields filed an application for discretionary review of his case which this Court…