RSG, LLC v. Lenet

In this residential lease case, prospective tenants (RSG, LLC, and Harry Grant, collectively “RSG”) appeal an order (a) denying their emergency motion to instruct the clerk to accept a deposit of monthly rent and (b) entering a final default judgment and authorizing a writ of possession in favor of Mr. Lenet, the landlord/appellee. We reverse and remand, concluding that the trial court must first decide a threshold evidentiary matter: were the conditions precedent to the commencement of the term of the lease satisfied (or waived), such that RSG had a duty to make monthly payments of rent into…