Water & Way Properties v. Colt's Manufacturing Co.

This case requires us to decide the extent and specificity of a lessee’s obligations under a lease that had been assigned to another party with the consent of the lessor. The lessor, Water and Way Proper*662ties (plaintiff), brought this action against the lessee, Coltec Industries, Inc. (defendant), and the assignee under the lease, Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Colt),1 to recover unpaid rent and utility charges due under a lease agreement. The trial court granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against the defendant on counts two and three of the complaint, concluding that the…