Cardin v. Outdoor East, a Ltd. Partnership

Eldridge, Judge.

On March 1, 1991, Cathy M. Cardin, appellant, through a power of attorney exercised by C. Dewayne Cardin, her husband, executed an 18-year sign lease on a form lease with Outdoor East, appellee. The lease was witnessed by an official and an unofficial witness so that it could be recorded. The lease was a unilateral contract in which appellant as lessor made various promises in writing to appellee, but the appellee, lessee, made no mutual promise in return of any kind on the written form; the appellee did not execute the form, which had no designated area for such execution.

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