Barber v. Columbia Building, Ltd.

DIXON, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a trial court judgment which declared the rights of the parties to an option agreement and awarded plaintiff damages but denied him injunctive relief. The singular issue for determination on appeal is whether the trial court properly interpreted the option agreement.

Plaintiff was the owner of a building on Walnut Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He sold the building to defendant Riva Management Company and retained a lease on a restaurant he operated on the first floor of the building. Section 18(a) of the lease between plaintiff and Riva provided Riva with the…