Baker v. Snyder

LAVENDER, Justice:

The question presented by this appeal is whether a lessor of a long-term lease of business property is entitled, upon the death of a co-lessee, to have the property of the deceased held up and not distributed to his heirs so that the property will be available to satisfy any breach of the lease agreement which might occur before the expiration of the lease and which might result in loss to the lessor. Under the facts in this case, the surviving co-lessees of decedent had continued paying the rental called for in the agreement and the lease was in no way in default upon…