Berg v. Ridgway

This is an action at law tried to the court without a jury. Plaintiffs are the lessors in a lease on the premises known as 220 West Grand Avenue, in West Des Moines. The lease, dated January 3, 1953, provides for a term of ten years from October 9, 1952, for 'an annual ground rental of $750 payable in monthly installments, and a sum equal to seven percent of the total cost of the building payable in monthly installments, that lessee would pay the real-estate taxes levied and assessed during the term, for attorney fees, and that lessee could not assign the lease without lessors’ consent. It…