Legal Opinion
Merry Homes, Inc. v. Chi Hung Luu
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 18, 2010No. 01-09-00187-CVPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE BLAND, Justice.
In this commercial lease dispute, we determine whether a landlord may enforce a lease to operate a “nightclub or bar” and for “no other” purpose when the tenant cannot legally obtain a liquor license for the leased premises and the lease requires that any activity on the premises comply with applicable law.
After a bench trial, the trial court entered a judgment declaring the commercial lease between Merry Homes, Inc. and Chi Hung Luu void for illegality, since the lease only authorized the operation of a nightclub or bar at the premises and Luu was unable to obtain…
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