Kinney v. Capitol-Strauss, Inc.

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This declaratory judgment action was brought by plaintiffs (lessor) to determine whether under a “Ground Lease” agreement with defendants (lessee) the latter were obligated for additional rent when, during the course of the lease term, lessee claimed the right to use a portion of the leased area for a commercial campground. Trial court held lessee was under no obligation to pay additional rent. We affirm.

Lessor owned land in the northwest quadrant of the Oxford, Iowa, interchange on Interstate 80. In 1967 lessee entered into negotiations to lease a tract for certain uses…