Beasley v. Banks

PHILLIPS, Judge.

For a number of years plaintiff, an optician, has made and sold eyeglasses in Havelock, a Craven County municipality, and in doing so used a building with adjoining offices that are arranged and equipped to serve his needs and those of an optometrist. Defendant, an optometrist who tests eyes and prescribes lenses for people with defective vision, started his practice in Havelock in June 1983; and from that time until 22 June 1986 he occupied and used plaintiffs optometry office space and equipment under a lease contract in which he agreed that for five years after vacating…