FAIRWAY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING v. EDWARDS

No. COA08-1172.

678 S.E.2d 765 (2009)

FAIRWAY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, a Division of Morris Communications Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Jerry T. EDWARDS and wife, Martha E. Edwards, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaacson Isaacson Sheridan & Fountain, LLP by Jennifer N. Fountain, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ferguson, Scarbrough, Hayes, Hawkins & DeMay, P.A. by James R. DeMay, Concord, for defendants-appellants.


STROUD, Judge.

This case arises from a dispute over a billboard on leased property. Plaintiff erected the billboard as lessee of the land. Defendants are the landowner/lessor. The billboard has an aboveground sign with an underground foundation. The lease was not renewed when it expired.

Defendants present three issues to this Court: (1) whether the lessor is entitled to an amount greater than the rent as set by the original lease from a holdover lessee when...

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