Adair v. Freeman

McFADDEN, Justice.

On November 1, 1961, Mr. and Mrs. E. Virgil Adair, plaintiffs-respondents, leased the second floor dining room area of the City-County Airport Building in Lewiston, Idaho from the City of Lewiston and Nez Perce County. This lease was to terminate December 31, 1966, but contained an optional renewal clause for an additional term. The Adairs operated the Tailwind Restaurant on these premises until August 1965, when with the lessors’ consent they assigned the lease to Mr. and Mrs. James L. Brush.

Brushes purchased the assets of the restaurant as a going business for $25,000,…