The question on this appeal is whether, under the doctrine of commercial frustration, the risk or burden arising from governmental action preventing use of leased property should fall on the lessor-financer or the lessee. The trial court held in favor of the lessee, Mitchell Lipsett Company, Inc., and Federal Leasing Consultants, Inc., the lessor, appealed. We affirm.
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