Sheehan v. Hubbard

DANAHY, Judge.

Appellants, Lloyd and Norma Sheehan, brought this suit for unpaid rent due from appellee as lessee under a lease agreement covering property owned by the Sheehans as an estate by the entireties. The trial judge granted summary judgment for ap-pellee on the basis that the lease agreement admittedly was not signed by Mrs. Sheehan. We reverse.

A summary judgment is an extreme form of relief ordinarily not available for the final disposition of a case. It is granted only when there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of…