Legal Opinion
Leslie Pontiac, Inc. v. Novak
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 15, 1972No. 55101PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Justice.
This is a landlord-tenant dispute involving rights and obligations at expiration of a written lease. Each appeals from trial court’s decree. We modify and affirm the decree as modified on both appeals.
The facts are largely undisputed. Tenant (defendant Julius Novak) leased the Council Bluffs premises involved from landlord (plaintiffs Leslie Pontiac, Inc., Ralph E. Leslie and Maxine C. Leslie) for use by his Pontiac dealership for a two-year period beginning November 11, 1968. Rental was $2600.00 monthly. Tenant covenanted that at lease expiration he would ‘quit and…
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