Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Boise

McQUADE, Justice.

On August 16, 1971, the City Council of the City of Boise adopted Resolution 1743, approving a proposal for a lease by and between appellant City of Boise and respondent Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. The leased property was to consist of Lots 11 and 12 of Block 42 of Boise City Original Townsite, which was then being used by the City for a city hall and police station. Resolution 1743 provided among other things:

“(f) That the present property is not needed for City purposes, subject only to the right of the City to occupy the present property during a…