Greenberg v. Dowdy

KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant, Ray Dowdy, (tenant) appeals after judgment in favor of Marvin Green-berg, (landlord) on his cause of action for breach of a commercial lease. The only issue is whether the trial court erred on matters of fact and law in finding the parties had two lease agreements which were exclusive of one another and represented separate transactions. This finding supported rejection of the defense landlord was not entitled to recover rent on one lease where landlord exercised an option to terminate tenancy under the other lease. We affirm.

Tenant operates a garage door business…