
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            United States Court of Appeals                                For the First Circuit                                 ____________________          No. 97-2316                             DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, CORP.,                                Plaintiff - Appellant,                                          v.                                 K-MART CORPORATION,                                Defendant - Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                  [Hon. Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, U.S. District Judge]                                                ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                               Torruella, Chief Judge,                                          ___________                           Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                _____________________               Johanna Emmanuelli Huertas, with whom Pedro E. Ortiz Alvarez               __________________________            ______________________          and The Law Offices  of Pedro E. Ortiz Alvarez were  on brief for              __________________________________________          appellant.               Jon  R. Steiger,  with whom  Patrick M.  McCarthy, Howard  &               _______________              ____________________  _________          Howard,  Steven C.  Lausell,  James  W.  McCartney  and  Jim nez,          ______   __________________   ____________________       ________          Graffam & Lausell were on brief for appellee.          _________________                                 ____________________                                  February 26, 1998                                 ____________________                    Per  Curiam.  On  March 27, 1996,  Downtown Development                    Per  Curiam.                      ___________          Corporation  ("Downtown") filed  this action  to recover  damages          arising from  K-Mart Corporation's  ("K-Mart's") alleged  illegal          occupancy of Downtown's property in Ponce, Puerto Rico.  Downtown          appeals the district  court's decision to grant  summary judgment          in favor of K-Mart Corporation ("K-Mart").                    We affirm on the grounds stated in the district court's          opinion and order.  See Downtown Dev. Corp. v. K-Mart Corp., Civ.                              ___ ___________________    ____________          96-1497CCC (D.P.R. September 25, 1997).  We find clause 27 of the          lease at  issue dispositive.   As the district court  noted, that          provision grants K-Mart the option to remain as  a month-to-month          tenant after the expiration of  the lease until it is  forced out          by the courts.  In the instant case, K-Mart simply exercised this          option.                    Costs to be assessed against appellant.                    Affirmed.                    Affirmed                    ________                                         -2-
