Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District v. Nikodem

CRAHAN, Judge.

Edison Brothers Stores, Inc. (“Lessee”), appeals from a judgment denying its motion for apportionment of the proceeds of condemnation of a parcel it leased from Francis T. Nikodem, Jr. and Raymond R. Nikodem (“Lessors”) and granting Lessors’ motion for distribution of the entire proceeds to them. Lessee contends that the trial court erroneously construed the automatic termination clause in the lease as depriving it of any compensable leasehold interest upon condemnation of the property. We affirm.

This appeal is an outgrowth of a condemnation proceeding instituted by Bi-State…