Lowe v. Root

This is an appeal by the lessee, Emma Lowe, from a summary judgment of the district court, Missoula County, granted in favor of lessors, Fred C. Root, Carl E. Dragstedt, Evelyn Dragstedt, Ella R. Clausen, Elmer S. Dragstedt and Elinor R. Dragstedt.

On April 9, 1970, Emma Lowe entered into two nearly identical leases with the lessors, each involving an undivided one half interest in the same real property described as the Belmont Hotel in the city of Missoula. One lease identified Fred Root as the lessor, the other identified the Dragstedts and Ella Clausen as lessors.

Each lease provided that…