Morris v. Durham

STEINFELD, Judge.

Chester G. Luxon and his wife Lillian, on January 14, 1964, leased to Dallas C. Morris for a period of ten years a portion of a building on Main Street in Richmond, Kentucky. Chester died in 1966 and the ownership passed to his widow Lillian, his son William E. Luxon, and his daughter Ann L. Durham. The entire building, of which the leased premises were a part, was destroyed by fire on the 8th day of February, 1968. Morris was a tenant on that date. Two days later Morris was given written *643notice that the lease was cancelled because of the destructive fire but he protested,…