Nashville Record Productions, Inc. v. Mr. Transmission, Inc.

*282OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

(Filed with concurrence of participating judges)

The main issue presented is whether the common law requirement for demand of rent can be abrogated by the agreement of the parties.

The defendant-appellant, Mr. Transmission, Inc.,1 entered into a lease agreement with C. O. Hitchcock in 1972 to the improved property in question located in Davidson County, Tennessee, for a term of ten years. The plaintiff, Nashville Record Productions, Inc., purchased the subject property and the lessor’s rights under that lease from Hitchcock’s estate in 1977. Subsequently, . the defendant…