Bishop Cafeteria Company of Omaha v. Ford

The plaintiffs, Bishop Cafeteria Company of Omaha, a Nebraska Corporation, and Bishop-Stoddard Cafeteria Company, an Iowa corporation, lessees of the premises involved, brought this action at law in the district court for Douglas County, Nebraska, against the defendant, Barton H. Ford, the lessor, to recover a judgment in the amount of $132,000..The plaintiffs base their claim on the termination of a lease by the defendant pursuant to a written cancellátion clause in the original lease. This clause, which is hereinafter set forth, provided the lessor might cancel the lease in which event he…