University Properties, Inc. v. Moss

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing an action brought by the plaintiff (appellant) University Properties, Inc., against the defend ants (respondents), an accounting firm, to recover rent alleged to be owing under a written lease.

The defendants had been tenants of the plaintiff for some years in the Skinner Building in Seattle. In 1958, the defendants needed more space, and the plaintiff agreed to make arrangements so the defendants could expand into an adjoining area. The two areas were to be remodeled to provide the needed space for expansion. A neighboring tenant…