Coinmach Corp. F/K/A Solon Automated Services, Inc. v. Aspenwood Apartment Corp.

We have previously explained that a tenant “who remains in possession of the premises after termination of the lease occupies ‘wrongfully’ and is said to have a tenancy at sufferance.” Bockelmann v. Marynick, 788 S.W.2d 569, 571 (Tex.1990). This case involves a commercial tenant that remained in possession for six years after it lost its lease when the property was sold through foreclosure. After arguing to the contrary — at times successfully — for over ten years, the tenant ultimately conceded that the foreclosure terminated the lease and, because the new owner immediately and continually…