Shams Properties, LLC Et Al. v. All Natural Lawns and Landscapes, LLC Et Al.

Case Number
M2021-01543-COA-R3-CV

A landlord entered into a commercial lease agreement with a limited liability company. When the company dissolved, one of its former members continued to occupy the leased property but never requested that the lease be assigned to her. Several years later, the landlord sent notice to the property that he was terminating the lease. When the former member of the company refused to vacate the premises, the landlord filed a detainer warrant to recover possession of the property. The former member filed a countercomplaint seeking specific performance of an option to purchase included in the lease agreement. The trial court granted summary judgment to the landlord on the specific performance claim after determining that the former member did not have the right to exercise the option to purchase because she was not the tenant under the lease. After a trial on the issue of whether the landlord terminated the lease agreement, the trial court concluded that the landlord properly terminated the lease agreement and was entitled to possession of the property. The former member appealed, challenging the trial court’s summary judgment determination and the court’s determination that the landlord was entitled to possession of the property. Discerning no error, we affirm the trial court’s decision in all respects.

Authoring Judge
Judge Andy D. Bennett
Originating Judge
Judge Kelvin D. Jones
Date Filed
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