D.L. Development, Inc. v. Nance

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

This appeal arises from a landlord-tenant relationship gone sour. In a nutshell, the appeal arises from the following: 1) landlord rented a building to tenant for commercial use; 2) tenant wanted permission to sublease the building and asked for landlord’s consent; 3) lease provided that landlord’s consent to a sublease could not be unreasonably withheld; 4) landlord withheld consent; 5) tenant successfully sued landlord for breach of contract in Circuit Court.

D.L. Development, Inc. (tenant) had 68 years remaining on a 99 year commercial lease, dated June 1, 1962, with Nance…