Corsiglia v. Summit Center Corp.

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

Defendant Summit Center Corporation appeals from an adverse declaratory judgment construing a series of lease and assignment documents. On appeal, Summit asserts: (1) its assignment of part of its leasehold to Disco transferred to Disco the duty to pay property taxes on the acres of land covered by the assignment, and Disco’s assignment of its interest to Moday Realty in turn transferred the duty to Mo-day; (2) Moday should be barred, under the doctrines of laches and estoppel, from claiming that Summit should pay the taxes; and (3) this was an equitable proceeding, and…