Howe v. Professional Manivest, Inc.

OPINION

BENCH, Presiding Judge:

Professional Manivest, Inc. (Manivest) appeals from a judgment by the trial court arising out of breach of lease. The trial court awarded damages, attorney fees, costs and expenses. We affirm.

FACTS

On October 15, 1960, J.E. Lehnherr, Herman L. Franks, and Stanford L. Hale (as partners doing business as Valley Shopping Center) leased land in Salt Lake County from Earl E. Howe, John 0. Howe, Vivian Howe, and Maxine W. Howe (the Howes) 1 under the terms of a fifty-year ground lease. The lessees had a fifteen-year option to purchase the property under the lease. The…