BAY CITY, INC. v. Williams

STEELE, Chief Justice:

Lucille Williams is a tenant of Bay City, Inc. According to her lease, her mobile home requires a federal Housing and Urban Development seal to remain on the leased premises after a transfer. Lucille’s daughter wished to be added to the lease — a form of transfer. The trial judge held that the provision requiring a HUD seal arbitrarily and capriciously restricted transfer, and impermissibly discriminated against older homes. Because the HUD seal signifies nothing about the home’s safety since the manufacturer affixed it, and HUD does not affix seals to homes manufactured…