University Community Properties v. New Riverside Cafe

PETERSON, Justice.

This appeal arises from an unlawful de-tainer action brought by plaintiffs, Cedar Riverside Land Company and its management agent, University Community Properties, Inc., against the New Riverside Cafe (the cafe), Cedar Riverside Land Company’s subtenant under an oral month-to-month lease. After a trial in municipal court, the jury returned a special verdict rejecting the cafe’s defenses for nonpayment of rent. The trial court held, however, that a right of redemption under Minn.St. 504.02 allowed the cafe to retain the premises by paying into court the 5 months’ rent which…