[RPPTL LandTen] Premature Lessee Question

[Manuel Farach]

Here's what I mean.

Client said he would enter into lease with tenant, i.e., written lease
and security deposit, when client returned from Puerto Rico. Tenant
begged to be allowed to place a "couple of things" in the house to be
rented before Client returned and lease was signed. Tenant, you guessed
it, moved himself and his entire family into the premises before the
client returned from Puerto Rico. Just after tenant and his family move
in, a house fire (each side blames the other) starts and destroys all of
tenant's goods. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

We are at the pleadings stage, and I have moved to dismiss based on
caveat lessee and, in effect, trespass. Tenant is saying, of course, he
had permission to move into the premises and that the premises were
uninhabitable (due to the faulty a/c which caused the fire).

Are there any other defense I am missing?


Richman Greer P.A.
Manuel Farach / Of Counsel - Board Certified in Real Estate Law and Business Litigation by The Florida Bar
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