Travel Centre, Ltd. v. Starr-Mathews Agency, Inc.

Pope, Judge.

This is the second appearance of this declaratory judgment action involving certain commercial property leased to Starr-Mathews Agency and subsequently purchased by Travel Centre, Ltd. In the first appearance, Travel Centre appealed from an order of the trial court finding that its ownership of the property was subject to a five-year oral lease later executed in writing by Starr-Mathews and an agent of the former owner who sold the property to Travel Centre; this court reversed on the ground that the agent lacked authority under seal to execute a lease under seal, thus violating…