Malone & Hyde, Inc. v. West & Co. of LA, Inc.

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The controversy in this case is over the interpretation of the leases of two tenants in the North Mall Shopping Center in Conway. The appellant, T. Gerald Bowen, operates a Piggly Wiggly grocery store in the shopping center. The appellee, West & Company, originally operated a discount department store in the center. In 1986, West sublet its premises to the appellee, Sutherland Lumber and Home Improvement Company. Sutherland opened a Crate Deals store, which, according to its sublease, was to be an outlet for building materials, garden supplies, tools, electronic…