Fashion Place Associates v. Glad Rags, Inc.

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Respondent Fashion Place Associates sued to recover damages for breach of a lease by its tenant, appellant Glad Rags, Inc. The trial court found that Glad Rags had breached the lease by abandoning the premises and awarded Fashion Place damages, costs, and attorney fees in the amount of $17,077.59. Glad Rags appeals, claiming that the trial court erred because Fashion Place sustained no monetary damage on account of the breach.

The lease provides in relevant part:

Article 22

DEFAULTS BY TENANT... [S]hould the Tenant vacate or abandon the premises; then the Landlord…