CAPITAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. v. HARPER

No. 7010SC6.

172 S.E.2d 793 (1970)

7 N.C. App. 501

CAPITAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. v. Robert HARPER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford, Cannon, Adams & McCullough, by J. Allen Adams, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Crisp & Twiggs, by Howard F. Twiggs, Raleigh,, for defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the breach of a contract for the lease of two highway signs for a period of nine years.

"A lease for a term of years is personal property. And, hence, it is governed by the rules of law applicable to personal property, and not by the requirements of law for the conveyance of real property." 5 Strong, North Carolina Index 2d, Landlord and Tenant, § 2; Moche v. Leno, 227 N.C. 159, 41 S.E.2d 369...

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