Lemley v. Bozeman Community Hotel Co.

Michael and Joan Lemley appeal the February 5, 1982, judgment of the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District adopting the landlord, Bozeman Community Hotel Company’s interpretation of the rent clause of a November 29, 1976, assigned lease between the parties. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

On May 19, 1975, Paul Carter, President of RX Enterprises, Inc., entered into a lease with respondents for premises in the “Baxter Hotel,” Bozeman, Montana. The lease was for the period from January 11, 1976, to January 10, 1981. With respondent landlord’s permission, Paul Carter…