United Park Ass'n v. Ringuette

Defendant Donna Ringuette, administratrix of the estate of Gerald McGuire, appeals the superior court’s order enjoining the closure of McGuire’s Mobile Home Park before July 1,2000. The trial court relied on an option to renew contained in a 1992 lease agreement to determine that plaintiff mobile home tenants had a right to remain in the park until July 2000. We reverse based on our conclusion that later lease agreements superseded the option to renew contained in the 1992 lease agreement.

In the late 1950’s, McGuire’s sister began operating a five-unit mobile home park. At some point in the…