BIFANO BUILDING CORPORATION v. W. T. GRANT COMPANY

No. 20548.

325 F.2d 147 (1963)

BIFANO BUILDING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. W. T. GRANT COMPANY, Appellee. W. T. GRANT COMPANY, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN DALLAS, Trustee, Appellee. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN DALLAS, Trustee, Appellee, v. W. T. GRANT COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for appellant, Bifano Building Corp., Marcus & Lewis, Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Miller & Martin, Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Walton Grayson III, Anthony Atwell, Atwell, Grayson & Atwell, Dallas, Tex., for appellee-appellant, First Nat. Bank in Dallas, Trustee.

Jack Pew, Jr., Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, Tex., for appellant, W. T. Grant Co.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and BROWN and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

It is plain that the correct determination of the appeal and cross-appeal in this case depends upon the proper construction of the provision of the lease which provided,

"It is agreed that Lessee shall make such changes or alterations in the interior of the building and to the walls thereof, as it may see proper and deem necessary * * *"

We conclude that this provision of the lease authorized the Lessee to make all of the changes involved...

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