City of New Albany v. Board of Commissioners of the County of Floyd, New Albany Floyd County Indiana Building Authority
City of New Albany v. Board of Commissioners of the County of Floyd, New Albany Floyd County Indiana Building Authority
Opinion
[1] The City of New Albany ("the City") has petitioned for rehearing, contending, contrary to our opinion in this case, that a purchase option included in an original lease does not carry over into a holdover tenancy like the other terms and conditions of the original lease. We grant the City's petition for the sole purpose of addressing its contention; however, we disagree, and our original opinion remains unchanged.
[2] In support of its contention, the City directs our attention to
Libin v. Peters
, in which another panel of this court concluded that "[w]here the original lease has expired and the tenant remains in possession upon the terms of the original lease the option is not thereby renewed."
In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, when a tenant holds over beyond the expiration of the lease and continues to make rental payments, and the lessor does not treat the tenant as a trespasser by evicting him, the parties are deemed to have continued the tenancy under the terms of the expired lease.
Houston v. Booher
,
[3] While we grant the City's petition to address its contention, we deny its request to alter the analysis or disposition of our original opinion, which will remain unchanged.
Bailey, J., and Brown, J., concur.
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