Outdoor Systems, Inc. v. BBE, L.L.C.

Order

AUSTIN McCLOUD, Senior Justice (Retired).

The motions for rehearing filed by Outdoor Systems, Inc. and BBE, L.L.C. a/k/a BBE/Arromid, L.L.C. are denied. Our former opinion and judgment dated November 14, 2002, are withdrawn, and our opinion and judgment dated March 20, 2003, are substituted therefor.

Opinion

The controlling issue in this case is whether the landlord’s written notice of default because of nonpayment of rent was legally sufficient to permit forfeiture of two billboard ground leases. We hold that the notice was insufficient, as a matter of law, because the notice was not…