Boccanfuso v. Daghoghi

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment of possession against commercial tenants who withheld rent and asserted equitable nonforfeiture. It held that the trial court acted within its equitable discretion in finding the nonpayment wilful because the tenants had no good-faith intent to comply with the lease, no genuine dispute over its meaning, and relied on pretextual environmental concerns. The court also clarified that wilfulness under the equitable nonforfeiture doctrine does not require an intent to injure the landlord.