Sewell v. Hukill

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered in the district court of the third judicial district, Powell County, in a suit brought by plaintiffs in the form of a declaratory judgment to terminate a lease entered into by plaintiffs as lessee and Anna Bentcik, now deceased, as lessor.

James Sewell, father of plaintiff, Robert J. Sewell, leased the building in question from Anna Bentcik and her husband in 1939. The record does not disclose the form or contents of this lease. James Sewell used and occupied the building as a retail grocery store until 1955 when plaintiffs,…