Property Controllers, Inc. v. Shewfelt

This is an appeal from a summary judgment.

Appellant, Property Controllers, Inc., initiated this action for specific performance of a written lease, executed on October 8, 1962, between appellant and American Engineers and Contractors Corporation, its lessor. The lease provided for the construction of the premises demised in a shopping center to be built on land owned by American. The lease was never recorded. The shopping center was not built. Obviously, appellant at no time was in possession of the premises demised.

This action is not against lessor. It is against Leonard R. Shewfelt, Derr…