Central States Health & Life Co. v. Miracle Hills Ltd. Partnership

This action involves a lease agreement which was rendered nonperformable because of a then-existing zoning regulation prohibition. Central States Health & Life Company of Omaha (Central States), the lessee, filed an action against Miracle Hills Limited Partnership (Miracle Hills), the lessor, to recover prepaid rent and a security deposit and seeking reimbursement for utilities expenses and money spent to improve the leased premises for their intended use. Miracle Hills counterclaimed for the money it had expended in preparing the property for the tenancy of Central States and for the rent…