LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
We are presented here with the uncommon issue of when a lease is not a lease. Following the announcement by appellant, Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips of Fairfax, Inc. (Fairfax), that it would not occupy the restaurant building being renovated for it by appellee on the latter's premises, an action was brought against Fairfax for unpaid rent. The trial judge (Bowie, J.) held that the instrument which had been executed...
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