MEL FRANK TOOL & SUPPLY, INC. v. DI-CHEM CO.

No. 97-98.

580 N.W.2d 802 (1998)

MEL FRANK TOOL & SUPPLY, INC., Appellee, v. DI-CHEM COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristopher K. Madsen of Stuart, Tinley, Peters, Thorn & Hughes, Council Bluffs, for appellant.

David E. Richter and Larry Melcher, Council Bluffs, and Robert L. O'Brien, Council Bluffs, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

City authorities informed a lessee, a chemical distributor, that it could no longer use its leased premises to store its hazardous chemicals because of a recently enacted ordinance. The lessee vacated the premises, and the lessor sued for breach of the lease and for damages to the premises. The district court awarded the lessor judgment for unpaid rent and for damages to the premises. The lessee appeals...

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