Hush Puppy of Longview, Inc. v. Cargill Interests, Ltd.

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Hush Puppy of Longview, Inc. and First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Texarkana appeal from an adverse summary judgment rendered in a declaratory judgment action involving the construction of a real estate lease and letter agreement. The district court held that, because the lessee failed to exercise an option to renew, the lease expired by its own terms on April 30, 1990.

Hush Puppy and First Federal contend that the court erred in granting the summary judgment because a letter agreement modifying the lease required the lessor to notify First Federal of…