Case Name: ARNO ENTERPRISES, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. NATHIDA, INC., a corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-10-24
Citations: 302 So. 2d 146
Docket Number: No. T-239
Parties: ARNO ENTERPRISES, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. NATHIDA, INC., a corporation, Appellee.
Judges: BOYER and McCORD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 302
Pages: 146–146

Head Matter:
ARNO ENTERPRISES, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. NATHIDA, INC., a corporation, Appellee.
No. T-239.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 24, 1974.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 17, 1974.
Robert W. Pope, Pope & LaBarbera, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
John Marshall Green, Green, Simmons & Green, Ocala, for appellee.

Opinion:
SPECTOR, Acting Chief Judge.
Appellant seeks reversal of a final judgment holding that it breached its lease on a storeroom it rented from appellee for the purpose of operating a bookstore. We agree with the final judgment and affirm. The lease agreement contained the following provision with respect to the premises :
". . .' to be used and occupied by the Lessee as sale of books, magazines, and other related items and for no other purpose or uses whatsoever. . . . " (Emphasis supplied)
The evidence adduced before the trial judge supported the trial court's finding that the appellant-lessee sold not only books and magazines and related items in the leased premises but also continuously exhibited and sold sexual devices of various types and various instruments for masturbation. The court expressly found that the sale of such devices did not constitute the sale of books, magazines and other related items and that the sale of such items resulted in a breach of the lease by the appellant, requiring the cancellation of the lease.
Affirmed.
BOYER and McCORD, JJ., concur.