Sadler v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

Deen, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff appellant owns a shopping center in which the appellee is a tenant under a lease for 15 years with three optional renewals of five years each. The action seeks recovery of the cost of an automatic sprinkler system required by the State Fire Marshall to be installed in the supermarket which is the subject of the lease. Both sides moved for summary judgment based on their conflicting interpretations of lease provisions and the trial court granted that of the defendant tenant and denied that of the landlord.

Among the duties required of the tenant are: It must…