J. S. Michael Co. v. Rayonier, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge.

In this case, the appellant brought suit pursuant to Chapter 87, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., for declaratory determination of the rights of lessees and lessors under a written lease.

Gleaned from a minute study of the somewhat voluminous record, it appears that from a practical standpoint the main question is: What was the intent of the parties to the lease? Closely allied thereto is the factual situation of whether or not the express terms of the written instrument can be explained by the existence of extraneous facts, which almost indisputably affected both the lessees’ and…