CHCA East Houston, L.P. v. Henderson

OPINION

SCOTT BRISTER, Chief Justice.

This relatively simple case raises relatively complex problems. For many years, appellee Bill Henderson has occupied a dental office in a professional building in east Houston. Although the lease he signed in 1991 expired in 1994, he continued under the terms of that lease on a month-to-month basis. For several months in 1996, he admits he paid no rent due to hip and knee problems. In September 1996, he signed a new lease, and it is undisputed he has not missed any rental payments since.

But the parties disagree whether he is current. Appellant, CHCA East…