M.H.B. Company v. Desmond

Respondents, being the owners of certain real property in the city of Tacoma and having in contemplation the erection of a building thereon, early in the year 1926, entered into negotiations with the appellant Ray M. Leftwick which resulted in their adding a second story to their building at an increased cost of some $30,000, which was so constructed as to be suitable for use as a bowling alley. On May 26, 1926, a written lease, duly acknowledged, covering the second story of the building, was entered into by the parties, and the lessee Leftwick proceeded to erect and install bowling alleys…