Dietz v. Miles Holding Corporation

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellants Dietz and the Sherwin-Wil-liams Company occupied office suites in appellee’s multiple-story, downtown office building pursuant to leases for terms of three and five years, terminating in May 1971 and July 1973, respectively. Appel-lee filed complaints for possession of these offices for failure to pay rent. Appellants denied in their answers that appellee was entitled to possession because it (1) “had failed to provide adequate security” resulting in their offices being burglarized, and (2) “had rented to undesirable tenants who have made the business…