Vulcan Materials Co. v. Holzhauer

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 8, 1985, plaintiff Vulcan Materials Company (Vulcan) filed suit in the circuit court of Livingston County against defendants Norman and Janice Holzhauer seeking a declaratory judgment that a lease of realty for a quarrying operation was still in force. Defendants are the lessors and plaintiff is the assignee of the lessee, Pontiac Stone Company (Pontiac). The pleadings indicated defendants had notified plaintiff that the lease was terminated because of plaintiff’s breach by failure to work the premises when doing so would have…