Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. v. Sheehy Properties, Inc.

Plaintiff, Snyder’s Drug Stores, Inc. (Snyder’s), appeals from a declaratory judgment of the district court determining that the proposed construction of a restaurant by defendant, Sheehy Properties, Inc. (Sheehy), does not violate certain provisions of a lease agreement between the parties. We affirm.

The facts are not disputed. On January 20, 1970, Snyder’s and Sheehy entered into a lease agreement wherein Sheehy, as lessor, agreed to lease a store unit to Snyder’s, as lessee, at the Mendota Plaza Shopping Center in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The lease agreement provides for an initial term…