Legal Opinion
James S. Black & Co. v. F. W. Woolworth Co.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 23, 1975No. 1234-3PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
Defendant-lessee, F. W. Woolworth Co., appeals from a judgment in favor of the respondent-lessor, Kuhn Realty Company, Inc. The judgment resulted from a jury finding that the lessee breached a lease covenant to repair. Lessor cross-appeals, claiming additional damages are owing for an LID assessment and waste. We affirm.
In 1923, the lessor leased its only asset, the 5-story Kuhn Building, to the lessee for a period of 50 years. Two paragraphs of the lease are pertinent to this appeal: (a) paragraph 6 relating to the covenant to repair 1 and (b) paragraph 14 relating to the relationship of the…
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