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Lease Voided Due to Vendor' Default
On Oct. 31, 2007, a trial-level court in New York issued a decision finding that an equipment lease 'fail[ed] for lack of consideration' when the bankrupt vendor did not deliver the leased equipment, even though the lessee had signed a lease amendment stating (as quoted by the court) that:
[i]n consideration of Lessor's agreement to advance funds as requested above, Lessee agrees to immediately commence payments under the Lease, even though all of the Equipment may not yet be installed. Lessee agrees that, in order to induce Lessor to make payment as described above, the Lease will be in full force and effect immediately upon execution of this Amendment, as will Lessee's duty to make all payments and to fulfill all other obligations pursuant to the Lease. Should any item of Equipment not be delivered, Lessee alone shall be responsible and shall have recourse only to the appropriate Vendor. ' Nondelivery of any item of Equipment shall not relieve Lessee of the obligation of payment in full under the Lease.
Although this decision will likely be appealed and may be reversed, it still provides a cautionary tale of which lessors should be aware, so as to reduce the likelihood of suffering a loss due to a vendor's default.
While on its face this decision seems to run afoul of the basic leasing tenet that a finance lessor is only responsible for providing money to a deal and any issues regarding the equipment are between the lessee and the vendor, the facts set forth in the decision in CN Funding LLC v. The Ensig Group Ltd. et al. allowed the court to hold that the lessor did not qualify as a finance lessor insulated from the vendor's obligations.
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