Fidelity Management Co. v. Herod

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a landlord-tenant case where the sole question before the trial court was whether the lease had been terminated by the landlord or surrendered by the tenant. The trial court held that the lease had been terminated, and entered a judgment for the rents held to be in arrears. The landlord appeals.

The landlord, Fidelity Management Company d/b/a The Riverview Apartments, filed suit against one of its tenants, Dr. Mike L. Herod (a dentist), alleging that Dr. Herod, the tenant, had abandoned a five-year lease, seeking judgment for lost rentals, both past and…