Supreme Court of Connecticut

Howard-Arnold, Inc. v. T.N.T. Realty, Inc.

March 3, 2015

Summary

The court held that the plaintiff did not validly exercise its lease option to purchase because the option required payment or tender of the purchase price, which the plaintiff never made. The defendant’s incomplete environmental remediation neither excused the tender requirement nor frustrated the purpose of the lease, so no bilateral sale contract was formed and specific performance was properly denied.