Benton v. Alcazar Hotel Co.

Action under the declaratory judgment act to construe provisions of a lease, to determine whether the provisions have been breached or the lease cancelled, to establish the validity of a contract for the sale of the leased property and to fix and finally determine the rights and liabilities of the parties under the lease and the contract of sale. The court dismissed plaintiff's petition and a cross petition by a defendant (vendee) seeking relief against plaintiffs. The court further found that the lease was valid, subsisting, unbreached and uncancelled; that the contract of sale was not bona…