Valley Lane Corp. v. Bowen

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff lessor, Valley Lanes Corporation, and its officers brought an unlawful detainer action for possession of a bowling alley, and for rent due from the defendant lessees Bowen, Inc. and its president Charles E. Bowen and secretary-treasurer Shirley Bowen. From a judgment ordering restitution of the premises to the plaintiff and awarding $35,000 against the defendants, jointly and severally, the defendants appeal.

On August 31, 1966, Diamond Developments, Inc., the original owner of a bowling alley in Kearns, Utah and the property on which it was located, leased…