SCM Land Co. v. Watkins & Faber

STEWART, Justice:

Watkins & Faber (“Faber”) appeals a judgment for damages for breach of a lease. Faber, a law firm, was the lessee of suite 606 in the Newhouse Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1967 until April 1981, when Faber vacated the building pri- or to the end of its lease.

On June 30, 1979, a prior lease expired, and on July 9, 1979, Faber executed a renewal lease agreement with Newhouse Office Building Company for suite 606 that was to run through June 30, 1982. Faber needed additional office space on the sixth floor to permit expansion of the firm. IML, Inc., occupied the…