Presley v. Ponce Plaza Associates

(specially concurring).

I concur that the summary judgment must be reversed, but disagree on the reasoning.

I

In 1993, the appellee landlord leased space to Michael R. Presley’s law firm. The lease *330identifies the tenant as Michael R. Presley, P.A., and the lease was signed by Michael R. Presley, president. The landlord did not obtain a personal guarantee of the lease from Presley individually.

Twenty months before the end of the lease, the tenant vacated the premises and stopped paying rent. The landlord sued Presley individually for the rent due for the final twenty months of the term.

The…