Faya, L.L.C. v. Abdurahman Halil Khalil, L.L.C.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2149

Syllabus

Contract; breach; lease; specific performance; agreement; abuse of discretion. Judgment affirmed. The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it ordered defendants to transfer the subject property to plaintiff for $1.1 million less any rent plaintiff paid from August 1, 2021, to September 3, 2024, and found that plaintiff was no longer required to pay rent to defendants. The record demonstrates that plaintiff and defendants entered into a lease and asset purchase agreement for a gas station and convenience store, which included an option for plaintiff to purchase defendants' property. Defendants refused to sell the property to plaintiff when plaintiff exercised its option to buy because defendants changed their mind and no longer wanted to sell the property. Plaintiff complied with its contractual obligations in the lease and asset purchase agreement, and defendants breached the lease when they refused to sell the property. As a result, the trial court did not exercise its judgment in an unwarranted way when rejecting defendants' reason to not comply with their contractual obligations and ordering the specific performance.