Joyner v. Adams

GREENE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s entry of judgment for defendant after a non-jury civil trial. Plaintiff is the lessor in a commercial property lease; defendant is the lessee (or tenant). This is the third time this court has reviewed an issue stemming from plaintiff’s attempt to enforce a recomputation in rental payment amounts for defendant’s alleged failure to comply with the lease requirements.

The record shows that the original (or ‘base’) lease was executed in 1972 between plaintiff and lessee Brown Investment Company (“Company”), with an initial term of 50 years. At the…