Total Petroleum, Inc. v. Farrar

The majority holds that the tenant, Total Petroleum, Inc. (Total), should receive $77,-000 of the proceeds paid in a condemnation proceeding by Boulder Urban Renewal Authority (BURA) for real property designated by BURA as parcels 4, 5 and 6. I respectfully dissent.

This case presents an issue of interpretation of a written lease. Carter M. Farrar, Sr., and Marjorie J. Farrar (landlords) were the owners of real property denominated as parcels 4, 5 and 6, which contained a total of about 88,000 square feet. Total was the lessee of a gasoline service station on parcel 5, which contained…