Blow v. Colonial Oil Co.

RAWLS, Judge.

Appellants John Blow and Elizabeth H. Blow, defendants below, owners of a certain parcel of property located in Duval County, appeal a final decree rendered in favor of their lessee, Colonial Oil Company, who filed this declaratory judgment action.

The primary issue posed by appellants is: May a tenant substantially alter a leased structure on premises without the consent of the landlord?

In the year 1958, Colonial Oil Company leased from the Blows an unimproved parcel of property fronting University Boulevard for a period of ten years with an option to renew for an additional ten…