General Development Corp. v. Wilbur-Rogers Atlanta Corp.

This is an appeal from a judgment granted the plaintff in the Common Pleas Court of Hamlton County for damages arising from a failure of the defendant to comply with a lease agreement with the plaintiff.

Plaintiff, appellee herein, was the developer and owner of the Swifton Shopping Center and will be hereinafter referred to as the lessor. Defendant, appellant herein, was one of a chain of retail ladies’ ready-to-wear stores and will be hereinafter referred to as the lessee.

The pertinent facts are as follows. On September 23, 1955, the parties entered into a written lease for a storeroom in…