Mishara v. Bankers Marketing Services, Inc.

This is an action in contract for breach of a commercial lease.

The plaintiff-lessor sought damages in the total amount of $9,471.50 for two claims for rent arrearages allegedly owed by the defendant-lessee for its occupancy of the premises during the initial term of the parties’ lease; and one claim in the *194amount of $40,680.00 for rent and $8,136.00 for attorneys' fees allegedly due under a one-year extension of the lease. The defendant denied that any rent was owed to the plaintiff, and denied that the lease had been extended unconditionally.

The trial court found for the plaintiff, and…