Court Opinion

ID: 9779086
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 21:35:50.537184+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:21.039946
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CADENA, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I agree that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed. But since the owner of the leasehold interest, the First National Bank of Kerrville, is not a party to the litigation it is not bound by that portion of the judgment which purports to terminate its leasehold interest. The forfeiture of the lease is of no interest to appellant Reynolds and in no way affects his rights. Under these circumstances I would not blindly follow such decisions as Hudgins v. Bowes, 110 S.W. 178, 179 (Tex. Civ.App.1908, no writ) without even attempting to explain how an instrument which contains no language of condition and no provision for reentry creates a condition subsequent. Bowes relies solely on Moser v. Tucker, 87 Tex. 94, 26 S.W. 1044 (1894) as support for its holding that a subletting by the tenant without the consent of the landlord terminates the interest of the tenant. Moser did not so hold because (1) it involved no subletting or assignment and (2) the continued existence of the tenant’s right to possession was not in question.
*434The rule that forfeiture of rights in property is regarded with disfavor and that an instrument will not be interpreted as providing for a forfeiture unless that intention is plainly indicated should not be avoided by merely referring to a case which makes no effort to justify its conclusion and misinterprets the only authority on which it relies.