Golde v. George Golde, Inc.

29 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 419, 1932 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 1428
CourtCourt of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County
DecidedMay 20, 1932
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Golde v. George Golde, Inc., 29 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 419, 1932 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 1428 (Ohio Super. Ct. 1932).

Opinion

Matthews, J.

This is a proceeding for the judicial dissolution of a private corporation brought under favor of Sections 8623-86 et seq., General Code, which constitute a part of the General Corporation Act, and comes before the court [420]*420upon the intervening petition of Herman Elsaesser presenting a claim for allowance upon the covenants contained in a lease which he owns as assignee of the lessor and of which the defendant is the assignee of the lessee. Their rights are the same as though they were the original lessor and lessee.

The leased premises consisted of two portions. As to one portion the term commenced on the first day of June, 1922, and as to the other portion on the first day of January, 1923. The term was to end as to both portions on the 31st day of May, 1935. The annual rental as to each portion was $12,500 payable in monthly installments of $2,083.33 in advance. The defendant defaulted in the payment of the rent due on June 1, 1931. This action was filed on June 30, 1931, and on that day a receiver was appointed to take charge of the property of the defendant with authority to conduct its business until the further order of the court. On July 17, 1931, the decree dissolving the corporation was entered, in which, inter alia, was the provision “On motion of the plaintiff and for good cause shown the Court retains jurisdiction over the winding up of the affairs of said corporation and continues the order and authority of the said Robert E. Mullane, heretofore appointed receiver herein, and retains jurisdiction, to order and adjudge in respect to the liquidation of said business, and to any and all matters authorized by law.”

There are certain provisions in the lease imposing certain conditions and providing remedies in the event of their violation. These provisions are as follows:

“In case the lessee fails or omits to perform any of the covenants or conditions herein contained, the term of this lease shall expire three (3) days after notice in writing of any such failure or omission shall be sent by lessor to -the lessee by mail or otherwise, addressed to the demised premises, and this lease shall cease and come to an end in the same manner and to the same effect as if that were the date originally fixed herein for the expiration of the term. That if default be made in any of the covenants and/or agreements herein contained in addition to and not in limitation of any other right [421]*421or remedy, the lessor shall have the right to re-enter the said demised premises, and the same to have again, repossess and enjoy., * * * In the event that the term of this lease shall end before the expiration date originally fixed as herein provided, * * *, the lessor at the lessor’s option, may repair, alter and/or change the character of the demised premises as it may deem fit, and/or may let the premises or any part thereof, as the agent of the lessee or otherwise, and receive the rent therefor, applying the same first to the payment of such expenses as the lessor may be put to in entering, dispossessing, letting, altering and/or changing the character of the demised premises, and then to the payment of the rent and the fulfillment of the lessee’s covenants hereunder; and the lessee agrees to pay and shall be liable for amounts equal to the several instalments of rent as they would, under the terms of this lease, become due if no default had occurred, whether the demised premises be re-let or remain vacant in whole or in part, or for a period less than the remainder of the terms, or for the whole thereof, but the lessee shall be entitled to be credited at the end of each month with any net amounts actually received by the lessor during such month for the use or occupancy of the demised premises, or any part thereof, * * * >>

“If at any time, proceedings in bankruptcy shall be instituted by or against the lessee, or if the lessee shall compound the lessee’s debts or assign over the lessee’s estate or effects for payment thereof, or if any execution shall issue against the lessee, or any of the lessee’s effects whatsoever, or if a receiver or trustee shall be appointed of the lessee’s property, or if this lease shall by operation of law, devolve upon or pass to any person or persons other than the said lessee personally, or his heirs, executors or administrators upon his death, then and in each of said cases this lease shall cease and come to an end three (3) days after notice shall be sent by mail by the lessor to the lessee addressed to the premises. Upon such termination all future instalments of rent unpaid, and all other sums due and payable or to become due and payable by the lessee shall at once become due and payable. Acceptance by the lessor of any sums either for rent or use and occupancy of the whole or any part of the demised premises from any other than the lessee personally shall not be nor be deemed to be a waiver of any of the lessor’s rights and remedies hereunder.”

[422]*422On June 26, 1931, which was prior to the appointment of the receiver, the lessor notified the defendant in writing of its default in the payment of rent on June 1, 1931, and ended the notice as follows:

“Now, then, you are hereby notified, as provided in the second paragraph on the second page of said lease, that you have failed or omitted to perform the rent covenant and that the term of your lease shall expire three days after this notice in writing of your said failure shall be sent.”

The paragraph referred to in said notice is the first paragraph quoted herein.

On July 13, 1931, the lessor wrote the receiver, asserting the termination of the lease 'by the notice of June 26, 1931, previously given and stated that if the Court should determine that the lease had not expired by virtue of the previous notice, then he was giving notice thereby of the termination of the lease based on the default in the payment of the July rent, and also that if both these notices were unvailing, then he was relying upon the appointment of the receiver as a ground for the termination of the lease and giving notice based thereon. He consistently maintained the position taken in the notice of July 13, 1931 that the lease was not then in existence, but at the same time claimed the right to let the premises as the agent of the lessee, and claimed that the lessee continued liable to pay amounts equal to the future rents that would have become due as in said “former lease.”

On August 4, 1931, the receiver filed an application in this case for instructions, setting forth facts with reference to the lease and the notice which the lessor had given, and representing that it would be to the best interests of all parties “for him to accept said termination notices and consider said lease terminated”; and further represents that “even in the absence of aforesaid notices it would be to the best interest of all parties for the receiver to repudiate said lease.” He then set out that it would be necessary in order to realize the most for the assets of the corporation for the receiver to con[423]

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29 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 419, 1932 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 1428, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/golde-v-george-golde-inc-ohctcomplhamilt-1932.