Pacific First Bank v. New Morgan Park Corp.

*403DURHAM, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment declaring, in effect, that plaintiff is defendant’s tenant. We reverse.

Defendant and Pacific First Federal Savings and Loan Association (Association) were parties to a lease that provided that Association could not assign its interest without defendant’s prior written consent. On July 30, 1990, Association notified defendant that, on the next day, it intended to merge into plaintiff, which was Association’s wholly owned banking subsidiary. Association asserted that it notified defendant because the merger, which would substitute plaintiff for…