Opinion ID: 1060646
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: automatic renewal provision

Text: Although this appeal concerns the option provision requiring renewal at the end of 10 years, the lease contains another provision that may have affected the outcome of this case. An automatic renewal clause in the lease provides: After the original term hereof, this lease shall continue in force from year to year for a period of seven (7) consecutive years unless terminated at the end of the original term, or any additional year thereafter, upon written notice of termination to Lessor by Lessee, served not less than thirty (30) days before the end of such term or additional year. Despite its potential significance in this suit, neither party addressed this clause in the trial court or during the intermediate appeal. In its opinion, the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, asserted that pursuant to Tenn. R.App. P. 36(a) the parties had waived the issue. [2] We agree with the Court of Appeals that the issue of the automatic renewal provision has been waived and will not be considered in this appeal because neither party raised the issue at trial. See Simpson v. Frontier Community Credit Union, 810 S.W.2d 147, 153 (Tenn.1991); Lawrence v. Stanford, 655 S.W.2d 927, 929 (Tenn.1983); Harrison v. Schrader, 569 S.W.2d 822, 828 (Tenn.1978).