Economy Rentals Inc. V. Garcia

The principal issue on this appeal is whether Economy Rentals, Inc., a lessor of real property in Albuquerque, New Mexico, breached its lease by unreasonably withholding consent to its lessee's request for approval of a sublease and then terminating the lease when the lessee failed to cure an alleged default. Resolution of this issue requires us to articulate standards for a determination of what constitutes "reasonable" grounds for withholding consent to a lessee's proposed assignment or sublease. We hold that the trial court properly determined that the lessor's refusal to consent was unreasonable.