Walsh v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Iowa
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMAN, Justice.
This is a declaratory judgment action to determine the parties’ rights under a commercial lease. The district court held that the lease gave the lessee a one-time opportunity for early termination, an opportunity he missed. But it also ruled that rent had been overpaid. Both the lessee and the lessors appealed and we transferred the case to the court of appeals. That court reversed the district court on the law, finding the lease ambiguous. It then went on to resolve the ambiguity in the leesee’s favor.
Upon further review, we now vacate the court of appeals’ decision, reverse…
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