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IN TH$ CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
NINETENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR ST. LUCIB COUNTY,
FLORIDA
RIVERHOUSE CORPORATION, )
a Florida corporation, CASE N0. 78-558 CA
Plaintiff, _
vs.
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JOHN P. STANTON,and FORT
PIERCE HOTEL, INC., a ) t
Florida corporation, and
FRANCIS W. FENNIMORE, )
Defendants. ) '
FINAL JUDGMENT
THIS CAUSE having come on for trial before the Court on the
27th day of March, 1979, and the Plaintiff, RIVERHOUSE CORPORATION,
having been represented by Ben L. Bryan, Jr., Esquire, and Defendant,
JOHN P. STANTON, having been represented by Vincent A. Lloyd, Esquire,
of Lloyd & Brown; and Defendants, FRANCIS W. FENNIMORE and FORT PIERCE
HOTEL, INC., having been represented by J. Stephen Tierney, III, Esquire,
of Neill, Griffin, Jeffries & Lloyd, and the Court having been furnished
briefs by the respective counsel, the Gourt finds as follows; to-wit:
This is a case wherein the landlord and recent purchaser of
the demised property (Riverhouse Corporation) sought a declaratory
judgment against the tenant (John P. Stanton) and the former owners
of the property (Fort Pierce Hotel, Inc. and Francis W. Fennimore)
to determine whether or not. the tenant had a valid lease on an office
~ _in a hotel. The. tenant answered and filed a counterclaim for specific
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performance of the lease. The Plaintiff also sought damages from the
former owners. together with costs and attorney fees in the event the
Court found the lease enforceable.
There are several problems in this litigation, the first
of which is to determine whether~or not the renewal clause of the lease
t
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"15. OPTION TO RENEW:- The Lessor covenants
' and agrees w t t e Lessee that the Lessor
shall and will, at the Lessee's option,
again grant and let to the Lessee at the expi-
ration of the leased term the demised premises
in pursuance of the present lease for and
during the term of twelve months thereafter,
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