Belmar, Inc. v. Dixie Building Maintenance, Inc.

PEARSON, Chief Judge.

Belmar, Inc., occupies a portion of a building. The remainder is occupied by a third party which employed Dixie Building Maintenance, Inc., to maintain only its portion of the building. Belmar and Dixie had no contract for maintenance or cleaning. The portion Belmar occupies was separated from the third party’s portion by a partition wall which ended a few feet from the ceiling. Investigators hired by Belmar intercepted employees of Dixie in the act of stealing Belmar’s goods. Dixie’s employees had come to the building to clean the third party’s premises and had gained…