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Option to Buy Is Exercised, and 'Tenant' Is No Longer a Tenant

7 minute read July 01, 2019 at 12:03 AM
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Option to Buy Is Exercised, and 'Tenant' Is No Longer a Tenant

A Georgia appeals court has upheld a trial court's decision to compel a commercial property owner to convey its previously-rented premises to the former tenant — later purchaser in possession — in accordance with the lease's purchase option, despite the fact that no money changed hands before the end of the option term.

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